Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ian Finley


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The result was delete. Tone 10:52, 23 July 2016 (UTC)

Ian Finley

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I would've PRODed but that may be removed so here we are: my searches and examinations have found nothing actually convincing for his own notability and precautionary searches at WorldCat found nothing, my searches only found trivial local mentions. SwisterTwister  talk  19:49, 9 July 2016 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Some have deprecated our rules against "local" coverage. However, I think it works, but needs to be well read. It is not "local" coverage if the New York Times covers something or someone, or if even the Detroit News or Salt Lake Tribune does so. But when it is the Sterling Heights Century it is most definately local coverage. Even that might allow actual articles fully about the person to still pass in some cases, however here what we have is extremely local coverage of works by the subject, where he is named only because it is unavoidable in naming him. The other stuff seems to be more publications of the theatre he was the in house playwright for. Finley's work has not received the attention required to pass notability guidelines.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:25, 10 July 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:48, 16 July 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete. A worthy contributor to the culture of his locality but does not reach WP:GNG. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:32, 16 July 2016 (UTC).
 * Delete. Doesn't look like there are enough sources to be notable. RightWing4 (talk) 04:32, 17 July 2016 (UTC).
 * Delete. JPL sums this up well as WP:LOCALINT, plus most of the references are web pages. Agricola44 (talk) 20:43, 19 July 2016 (UTC).


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