Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Earl Stevenson.


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The result was   Delete. لenna vecia  15:17, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Earl Stevenson.

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Notability, sourcing, etc. Avi (talk) 17:12, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.  KuyaBriBri Talk 18:55, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete One of the more puffed resumes I've seen, in the end it gives no indication of notability. Edward321 (talk) 03:16, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:BIO. Very puffed up resume indeed. Niteshift36 (talk) 04:41, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Is this accurate? Maybe I missed something, but this article (despite having quite a bit of content) really doesn't explain what Stevenson does. Reading it has made me thoroughly confused. He seems to have received a lot of awards, and honourary commissions (don't like those myself, as real ones are, or at least should be, hard to earn, but that is an aside point), but I have to ask why? The article doesn't explain why he would be given a commission as an admiral in the Texas Navy, or why he was made an honourary colonel. I will reserve judgement for a couple of days, but given that a lot of the article does not have citations to verify information and there is some stuff that possibly violates BLP guidelines (e.g. rumours about being a Mason, etc.) I am leaning towards a delete or cutting it down to a stub. — AustralianRupert (talk) 05:46, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment It seems becoming a Texas Admiral requires sending in an application letter and paying $40 a year.  Earl Stevenson is not listed on their website.  He's not listed on the Kentucky Colonel's website, either,  so he doesn't appear to be a notable holder of either of these honorary titles, if he even holds either honorary title. Edward321 (talk) 15:12, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

CORRECT - According to Department of the Navy he was a US Marine. If you make accusations please back it up with proof. He was a Marine..I was able to view his DD214 through a records search. I did notice that these discussions in themselves are inflammatory, Liable, and accusatory without facts presented. If you make accusations please back it up with facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.230.191.51 (talk) 14:47, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions.  —AustralianRupert (talk) 06:38, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete I found out what he actually does for a living: "Stevenson, who works in Reston as a regional support manager for Sprint, providing global oversight and management for its managed network operations, " from his local paper . Aside from that, he has many friends. If I came across this in newpages, I'd have considered a speedy as both G7 and A11, no indication of notability, and purely promotional). But since it's here, let's get it deleted by AfD   so we can quickly remove any attempted re-creation.  DGG (talk) 00:49, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment Restored AFD tag on article and warned the IP. Edward321 (talk) 03:35, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete -- no actual accomplishments noted... Geo Swan (talk) 18:43, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: based on the comments by others above, this really seems like the biography of someone trying to make themselves sound more notable than they are. The subject is friends with a lot of notable people (actors, politicans etc), but notability isn't inherited. Also the subject has lots of 'awards' but they don't smell right to me. As an aside I have to wonder what the various State governments in the United States are thinking by handing out so-called 'commissions'. A commission is something that is hard to earn—I know from experience—and it lessens the achievements of the men and women who actually earn theirs the hard way. I wonder what the boys and girls at the US Naval Academy think of 'Admiral' Stevenson. AustralianRupert (talk) 23:05, 14 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and Request Users to Improve: This article should be allowed to remain and a request made to Wikipedia users to improve and update it; given that there is a vast amount of referenceable and verifiable information on this individual oin the media and many internet search engines. I just "googled" this individual based on the sources quoted in the footnotes and was surprised at the amount of references. Therefore lets improve this article rather than delete it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ArizonaCactus (talk • contribs) 23:50, 14 June 2009 (UTC)  — ArizonaCactus (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Comment What you have are blogs and Wikis, which are not relaible sources. New info you added to the article doesn't even have that to back it up. Edward321 (talk) 02:44, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep : Everything in this article is verifiable - just "google", "bing" or "yahoo" this person - everything in this article I have found to be accurate based on various internet and media sources —Preceding unsigned comment added by ArizonaCactus (talk • contribs) 00:30, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Commment I have struck your duplicate !vote. Please only !vote once. Edward321 (talk) 02:28, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Edward321 is correct. Ive been looking and i cant find a single actual news article or anything verifiable... Fail Deadly (talk) 07:02, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment why was this reinstated? It is pretty obvious that this guy is a faker. You may ask why i care, well i take personal interest in people who claim to be United States Marines with little evidence to back it up... Fail Deadly (talk) 06:13, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
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