Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Karel


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  12:55, 24 January 2020 (UTC)

John Karel

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tried finding some coverage and foud that clearly fails wp:gng Shubhi89 (talk) 13:46, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete halls of fame have reached absurd levels. Membership in one is no longer worth what it used to be.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:43, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Parks was a Municipal department head who's only possible claim to notability was being inducted into a Hall of Fame that doesn't confer notability in the slightest. Best, GPL93 (talk) 18:56, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - Passes general notability guidelines. Sources include:
 * "Karel Is Inducted Into Missouri Recreation and Parks Hall of Fame" from the St. Genevieve Herald
 * "Director who brought new activity to historic Tower Grove Park is retiring" from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
 * "Tower Grove Park Director Prepares To Leave After Nearly 30 Years" from St. Louis Public Radio
 * "Tower Grove Park Director John Karel Says Farewell" from St. Louis Magazine
 * "An Urban and Urbane Park for St. Louis" from Mizzou
 * "Into the Wild: Missouri State Parks offers nine opportunities to venture into true wilderness" from the Columbia Daily Tribune
 * "John Karel Steps Down as Director of Tower Grove Park" from CBS St. Louis

I will also drop these on the talk page of the article. Missvain (talk) 20:16, 16 January 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Relisting to allow for additional analysis of sources presented later in the discussion.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 04:50, 17 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:BIO. The articles listed above discuss Tower Grove Park in detail, not John Karel. has a bit more detail about him but it's a press release.Pontificalibus  13:47, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Sources presented above are all local to the subject, which fails WP:AUD. Absent a delete close, I wouldn't object to a very selective merge to Tower Grove Park. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 07:41, 24 January 2020 (UTC)


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