Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave McCaig


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The result was no consensus. Stifle (talk) 11:33, 21 September 2020 (UTC)

Dave McCaig

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This article should be deleted. It cites a single source, which is the page of the award he won. This is not WP:SIGCOV. I cannot find anything else about him, and the article's content is almost all unsourced, not allowed under the WP:BLP policy. This should be deleted immediately.  I-82-I &#124;  TALK  01:37, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Weak Keep This appears to be an autobiography. The creator, Dmccaig is also the uploader of File:Dave McCaig in his vancouver office.jpg which says in the summary: "self portrait photograph", and left an edit note that says: page creation. compiled by the subject. :) He does appear to meet WP:NARTIST however, since he's won two notable awards: the 2015 Inkpot award and the 2008 Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Colourist. The problem I have with the article is that there's almost nothing to say about the subject because there appears to be very little SIGCOV in independent, reliable sources, so the article is likely a permastub. Vexations (talk) 12:30, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Vexations. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 12:50, 29 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. Joe Shuster Award is a good start but is it sufficient, in the abense of other coverage? I am afraid he fails WP:NCREATIVE, since there is no indication getting this award is sufficient to make him encyclopedic, if no other sources are cited that discuss the fact he won it. PS. Considering WP:ONEEVENT, best solutioin would be to redirect this to the list of award recipients. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 09:07, 6 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:BIO due to lack of independent WP:RS.  Also clearly an attempt to use wikipedia for self-promotion.  Almost certainly WP:UPE. A commons category for two images?  With a wikidata box?  These are not the hallmarks of a user with 18 edits worth of experience.  -- RoySmith (talk) 12:59, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   15:26, 8 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep award winning colourist. Artw (talk) 02:23, 17 September 2020 (UTC)


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