Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Wilkerson


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The result was   delete. JForget 00:54, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

Gary Wilkerson

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No claim to notability. Article not edited since creation July 2008, creator not edited since. Previous article of same individual deleted in November 2007 per WP:BIO and WP:ADVERT. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:18, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete As nom. Note, another rescinded PROD - self removed as article has been previously deleted, but not part of a discussion as far as I can see. LessHeard vanU (talk) 21:20, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this person. Joe Chill (talk) 23:38, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. The only potential sources that I could find were this in Friesch Dagblad, which describes itself as a "Christian, regional [i.e. Friesland], independent newspaper" and this in Norge IDAG, whose web site doesn't seem to have an "about us" section to allow us to examine its credentials, but is described in its Norwegian Wikipedia entry as "a Christian weekly newspaper published in Bergen", without any clarification of whether it is national or regional in scope. I suppose that, if these sources are deemed reliable, by the letter of the notability guidelines this article subject would be notable, but should we really accept this if the only sources are partisan publications covering a small region and, at best, a small country, when the article doesn't even claim any particular connection with Friesland or Norway? Phil Bridger (talk) 19:47, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * My review of both sources (given I don't speak the language) indicates that the references to Gary Wilkerson are in respect of his relationship to his father, most especially in the second of the two. While the first appears to denote a speaking engagement by Gary, it is promoted as it being by the "son of...", while the second source is about a visit by David Wilkerson (using his picture) accompanied by "his son". Neither I feel gives Gary any specific value outside of his famous father, and this is the same issue I have with the article - notability is not inheritable. LessHeard vanU (talk) 20:55, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The information on his own web page is sufficient to show that he is not notable.~
 * Delete - The article claims notability ("famous") but gives no reasons or reliable sources; therefore it fails WP:N. - DustFormsWords (talk) 22:31, 8 October 2009 (UTC)
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