Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug Casey


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The result was keep. There are sufficient reliable sources to verify notability. JodyBtalk 23:10, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

Doug Casey

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Article on a WP:FRINGE advocate supported by two sources, one self-published and the other unreliable. Guy (Help!) 23:16, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:38, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
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 * Hey, User:Gene93k User:JzG/help, I took a quick look, starting with the most recent (2013) book, which is published by a major house. that induced me to put his name and the book title into a news google search; came up with a handful of investment newsletters (one that advises buying gold  describes him as a "famous contrarian speculator and libertarian freethinker" and did a book interview )  This is a far cry from Charles Schwab or Goldman Sachs, but I'm not certain that all of these newsletters be dismissed as fringe.  The first link was to an author interview on Reason (magazine).  Do you want to perhaps take a second look, maybe do a little more searching and then  make a better-supported justification for AFD? E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:24, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: @User:E.M.Gregory: FYI, Gene93k did not nominate the article for deletion. User:JzG is the nominator. Just wanted to clarify.--JayJasper (talk) 20:56, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * My error, thanks for correction User:JzG/help - do you want to rethink?E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:09, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually, the nominator's 'root' username is, signature points to a sub user-space page.Jonpatterns (talk) 10:41, 24 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep: Article is now supported by mulitiple reliable secondary sources including Forbes, Reason magazine, USA Today, as well as some notable books. The article was in need of better sourcing and a little cleanup, not deletion.--JayJasper (talk) 20:28, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep, due to User:JayJasper's sourcing.E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:09, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - easy to find sources that prove notability, wp-fringe not necessarily a reason to delete.Jonpatterns (talk) 10:33, 24 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Easy? Splendid. Please add some. Otherwise the article violates policy, you see. Guy (Help!) 18:50, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
 * There are plenty sources that prove notability. I've added a few.Jonpatterns (talk) 21:08, 28 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete I have looked over the sources and there just isn't enough to establish notability. The Forbes articles are the most directly about him, but they are opinion pieces, which Forbes does not take responsibility for.  So, they are not reliable.  Several other sources are primary or trivial mention.  There isn't one in-depth reliable source. --I am One of Many (talk) 04:53, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep There's just enough coverage of him in independent sources to pass the WP:GNG bar. Add in the fact he wrote a  # 1 Bestseller book, notability is established.--Ddcm8991 (talk) 15:40, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
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