Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Gluckstein


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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 00:41, 4 February 2017 (UTC)

Brian Gluckstein

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Directory listing for an interior designer. Even the passing mentions are minimal. PROD tag removed with no real improvement to article. Calton | Talk 08:33, 27 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep! - Canadian media personality on Cityline, a large Canadian television show. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ArchitectureNerd (talk • contribs) 14:33, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Being a television personality is not an automatic inclusion freebie in and of itself. A person gets a Wikipedia article by being the subject of media coverage about him, not by being the creator of media coverage about other things. Bearcat (talk) 20:09, 1 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Being a television personality is not an automatic inclusion freebie in and of itself. A person gets a Wikipedia article by being the subject of media coverage about him, not by being the creator of media coverage about other things. Bearcat (talk) 20:09, 1 February 2017 (UTC)


 * The Gnews search above does reveal prominent, headline-coverage by major Canadian news media. Some may dismiss the coverage as "advertorial," but to choose one example, the Toronto Star clearly indicates when a piece is paid advertorial, and this isn't, at any rate. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:58, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Except that Google hits =/= actual notability, and the Toronto Star story isn't the least bit biographical, it's basically a mouthpiece for his advice on home decor. --Calton | Talk 18:38, 27 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete not seeing substantial news coverage to support notability. Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 11:35, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:58, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:58, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:58, 27 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete. Being a regular contributor to a television talk show can be enough to get into Wikipedia if the article can be properly sourced over WP:GNG — but nothing here gives him an automatic inclusion freebie just because he exists, and the sourcing is nowhere near adequate. Of the four sources here, two are primary sources that cannot assist notability at all, one is a publication (Post City) that doesn't qualify as a reliable source, and the only source that counts for anything whatsoever (Toronto Star) doesn't count for much since it's not a substantive profile about him, but merely quotes him giving decorating advice. That's not the kind of sourcing it takes to make the article keepable — if you're shooting for "notable because he exists", rather than "notable because he was awarded the Order of Canada, or a Canadian Screen Award, or a major literary award for his book on the history of interior design", then the sourcing has to do considerably more than just nominally verify that he exists. Bearcat (talk) 20:09, 1 February 2017 (UTC)


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