Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug Rich


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The result was   keep. Reliable sources have been provided (non-admin closure) -- Patchy1   02:07, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Doug Rich

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From what I can tell from the website given this looks like an enthusiast who has built a telescope out of their garage. Reliable third party sources are required to establish notability, and they are not present in the article. The article also appears to be an autobiography. -- Patchy1   08:28, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: Appears to have been featured in a local paper and mentioned in several local publications. --Paul_012 (talk) 12:51, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep I consider Astronomy magazine a reliable source. The amount of his discoveries (22!) also mean this is not just some guy with a telescope. -- Auric    talk  16:08, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
 * RS added since nom. -- Patchy1   16:17, 29 January 2013 (UTC)
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 * Weak delete. We have one in-depth story reliably covering the subject, but only in a local newspaper (the Bangor Daily News piece). The other sources either have no in-depth coverage of the subject (the IAU supernova list) or are not sources about the subject at all (two publications by the subject). I don't think that's quite enough for WP:GNG. But I'd be willing to change my mind if we could find a couple more sources of similar quality to the one we have. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:51, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:11, 6 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Here's an article in Newsday, which isn't local. Here's coverage by the Associated Press.  Cullen 328  Let's discuss it  01:47, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Sources I've found:
 * Bangor Daily News - Jan 28, 2005 article
 * Sun Journal (newspaper article) - Jan 27, 2003
 * the Sun story was picked up by the Associated Press and reported at seacoastonline.com
 * Bangor Daily News - Jan 24, 2003
 * Looks like he is in a Newsday.com (New York) article but it is behind a paywall, so I cannot confirm in-depth
 * So we have multiple articles over a couple of years in local newspapers, one story that went national (AP), and a peer-reviewed article previously mentioned (Astronomy magazine). Is this enough for notability? I would recommend marginal keep, but I have no experience in judging biographies. --Mark viking (talk) 02:05, 6 February 2013 (UTC)
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