Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gordon Lee Baum


 * 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   redirect to Council of Conservative Citizens. Redirecting per WP:NSUPER. Consider this a no consensus close. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Gordon Lee Baum

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This article does not establish the notability of this individual; even the article on the organization he leads only mentions him one time in a 6-word line. Two niche reference entries with minimal detail are not enough to meet notability criteria. Prod was removed but references and material were not significantly expanded. Nathan  T 22:48, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. The reference that I added when I removed the WP:PROD template is to an encyclopedia published by ABC-CLIO, a major academic publisher, so it is far from "niche". More such sources can be found by clicking on the words "books" and "news" in the nomination statement above. Phil Bridger (talk) 23:07, 5 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Feel free to link to any references that are substantially about Gordon Lee Baum and demonstrate notability; it seems that most mentions are limited to his link to Trent Lott, and don't discuss GLB at all except to tie Lott to the racial theories of GLB and his group. A brief biographical sketch in a niche encyclopedia of biographical sketches does not establish notability. (Your assertion that the publisher isn't niche does nothing to shore up the status of the "Encyclopedia of Right-Wing Extremism in Modern American History"). Nathan  T 23:46, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Most of the sources found by those searches don't even mention Lott: . Phil Bridger (talk) 07:48, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 01:18, 6 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Have you actually read any of these so-called sources? Search results =/= article sources. Even the ones that don't mention Lott directly are still about unnamed politicians (i.e. Lott) or several other Republicans caught in a scandal over speaking to Baum's organization -- a scandal prompted by the revelation that Lott spoke to them. If you can actually add anything substantial to the article with a reliable reference, feel free. Otherwise, simply pointing to Google search results is not helpful. Nathan  T 14:05, 6 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Comment--if the article is deleted (I'm agnostic), this page should redirect to Council of Conservative Citizens. Meelar (talk) 22:01, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:06, 19 March 2012 (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.