Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis King


 * 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 was   delete. — Jake   Wartenberg  17:09, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

Dennis King

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This article doesn't seem to meet the general notability guideline because there are not sufficient reliable, third-party sources that focus specifically on the subject. Some of the references are either from the subject himself, or from unreliable sources like Lyndon LaRouche's PAC. There are only 3 sources that could reasonably be considered reliable. One of them, an article in The Nation, mentions Dennis King only a single time. Another is a book review in The New York Times of one of King's works. Still, the subject here is the book, not King himself, and there is very little biographical information to be had here. There is also an interview with King conducted by the Chicago Sun-Times, but this interview focuses mostly on LaRouche and tells us little to nothing about King himself. The bottom line is that we can't write a biography of Dennis King because we don't have the appropriate sources to allow us to do that. *** Crotalus *** 15:19, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Comment: Perhaps the article should be re-named to be about his book, which seems to be his sole claim to fame. I suggest this because there are hundreds of source citations to his book at the various LaRouche articles, and the Wikipedia reader ought to have some background information on King available, so as to be able to evaluate the use of his book as a source. --Leatherstocking (talk) 15:26, 21 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News-related deletion discussions.  --  Fences  &amp;  Windows  21:03, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Crotalus horridus is correct that the subject does not appear to meet the basic notability guidelines. His book is notable, but I suggest that an article about it be started from scratch to avoid WP:COATRACK issues.   Will Beback    talk    22:05, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Per Crotalus. I don't see much of a justification for Dennis King being notable. Being able to, and willing to, talk loudly largely on the subject of LaRouche is not a tenet of notability in itself. Achromatic (talk) 00:13, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per the arguments above. I learned of this discussion via a thread on Wikipedia Review which did not ask participants to vote a certain way. Cla68 (talk) 00:38, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * 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.