Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel M. Maggin


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was speedily deleted - the authors are conducting a linkspam campaign across Wikipedia, and are obviously just gaming the system. Buhbye. FCYTravis 01:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Daniel M. Maggin
I'll allow the article to speak for itself: "self-proclaimed World Renowned Fork Artist." Has a weak borderline claim of notability in that he won something called the It's Academic Superbowl, but other than that, it's your garden-variety non-notable bio. FCYTravis 00:54, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Fork this article and the horse it rode in on. Ruby 01:45, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete per nom. Winning something in a small area does not make you notable; in the SFBA, it's called Quiz Kids, and if someone asserted notability by that... well, let's say most of the Bay Area would know or care about the subject, much less the world. -- Jjjsixsix (talk)/(contribs) @ 01:47, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity.Blnguyen 01:58, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete This article is not even close to being notable. Dr. Cash 03:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. This ain't no résumé shop.--cjllw | TALK  03:19, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:BIO. Dbtfz 03:33, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable vanity biography. &mdash;Quarl (talk) 2006-01-24 04:33Z 
 * Delete Non-notable biography. Can another 'fork artist' step forward to defend this man?  I thought not.   (aeropagitica)   07:15, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Appears to be a personal page; Google produces only 9 non-redundant pages.
 * Delete as vanity, nn bio. --Terence Ong 11:22, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as nn-bio or, as the man himself would probably say, "fork off!". Jamyskis Whisper, Contribs [[Image:Flag_of_Germany.svg|25px|Germany]] 11:42, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as non-notable vanity biography. &mdash;This user has left wikipedia  12:18 2006-01-24
 * Delete - not notable enough. Latinus 00:04, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete this POV fork!!! What? Oh, sorry, never mind. :-)  MCB 01:40, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
 * DO NOT DELETE! let's not be elitists here. this is an encyclopedia. Maggin has accomplished a great amount in a short time, in a variety of fields. this should stay. recap: 1) Headed the #1 newspaper in the country; 2) Won the Championship of the Longest running tv quiz show in the world (according to guinness records) and is a somewhat successful artist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmmx3 (talk • contribs) 27 January 2006
 * Comment. User:Dmmx3, you might have divulged when voting that 'twas you who created this article, and indeed are quite likely to be Daniel himself- do you deny? At least I gather so, given the equal propensity for hyperbole. For starters, the reference to "Headed the #1 newspaper in the country" is presumably to the Rockville High School (Maryland) student paper- which does seem to at least have been been the National Winner in the "High School publications" category of the 2005 Student Publishing Awards. However, as per your/Daniel's article this was several years after your/Daniel's editorship: the actual editors who won the award could understandably feel a little peeved at this attempt to claim credit. As you note, this is supposed to be an encyclopaedia, and not some substitute for some (ex-)students' noticeboard. Ring-in anon votes like the one below are unlikely to help, either.--cjllw | TALK  03:25, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Did maggin head the newspaper? yes. is the newspaper #1 in the country? yes. that said, i understand your semantical point. the phrasing could be confusing. so edit anything you see as untrue/misleading. i dont understand why one would want to delete because of that. when maggin headed the paper it did not compete in the national competition. however it did compete within the state and was not only number one, but receved 98.5 out of 100, the highest score ever for a publication. maggin also won various specific awards that could be included here including awards for layout, news article writing, and headline writing. ill see if this info can be fuond online and include a link.
 * KEEP I purchased one of Daniel's pieces at an art gallery in Atlanta. It currently is the centerpiece of my living room.  This man is a true talent, and a heavy hitter in the folk art world. 02:07, 27 January 2006 (UTC)~ Dean Kang — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.180.14.172 (talk • contribs) 27 January 2006


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.