Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Peckman


 * 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   keep. Cirt (talk) 00:05, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Jeff Peckman

 * – ( View AfD View log  •  )

receiving an inconsequential number of votes does not make one notable. being a columnist does not make one notable. and as for his 2008 stint in the news, see WP:NOTNEWS Misterdiscreet (talk) 16:09, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep However unlikely to succeed his ballot initiative in 2003 was to "increase peacefulness," it got national,, , and international news coverage and lengthy coverage in a book, all included as inline references. However hard to believe was his video of an extraterrestrial peeking in someone's window in 2008, it also got national and international news coverage, which is referenced in the article. Two events is not one event, 2003 is not 2008, and the ballot initiative to foster peacefulness goes beyond a one-day news story. WP:NEWS does not forbid us having articles about someone who has been in the news repeatedly. Appears to satisfy WP:N and WP:BIO. Edison (talk) 16:49, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * see Articles for deletion/Tom Costello and Articles for deletion/Barry Bonds 714th home run. being mentioned in the news does not automatically make one notable. Misterdiscreet (talk) 16:59, 3 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep being discussed in multiple sources for a series of things, all exceptionally stupid, can indeed amount to notability. Costello was wrongly decided -- CEO of a major company, which he was, is notable. The other article is not parallel, being not about a person, but a specific event in the life of a person.      DGG ( talk ) 19:39, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:49, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:37, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Extensive coverage in multiple reliable sources. PDCook (talk) 16:23, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and Cleanup. Peckman is notable via media coverage of his unconventional political activism, candidacy and views. Article need not have separate section headings for his education, ufo video, etc. but rather concisely summarize the reliably-sourced coverage he's received. - LuckyLouie (talk) 18:18, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Coverage in reliable sources for two distinct events, so WP:BLP1E doesn't apply. &mdash; Gwalla | Talk 18:41, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * while being in the news might be enough for an article on a company, biographies of living people have stiffer requirements. Articles for deletion/James Atkinson (software developer) (2nd nomination) is a good example. bio deleted despite interviews because WP:BIO has stiffer requirements. Misterdiscreet (talk) 20:24, 4 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Not on point at all. The Atkinson article was deleted as "unsourced BLP." This one has references. BLP is a special requirement for bio articles to avoid libel and harm to living persons. WP:BIO is not "stiffer notability requirements" for people than for other types of article subjects. It just sets forth helpful ways to decide notability is in some special cases such as authors or artists. A person who satisfies the general notability guideline is still notable even if they do not specifically satisfy one of the profession-specific provisions of WP:BIO. Edison (talk) 20:49, 4 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep His varied activities have received sufficient mainstream coverage to make him notable for Wikipedia. __meco (talk) 20:42, 4 March 2010 (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.