Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathon Sharkey (2nd nomination)


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The result was Keep -- JForget  01:30, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Jonathon Sharkey
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There was one prior "keep" result early last year, but since then there is no indication that this person developed any real notability; if anything, the 15 minutes of fame appeared to be up. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 06:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep 15 minutes of fame is enough. Catchpole (talk) 09:05, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete There is an utter lack of reliable primary and secondary sourcing. Newspapers, books, essays? anything? Non-notable individual. (Mind meal (talk) 10:28, 5 February 2008 (UTC))
 * Strong keep On the contrary, FEC reccords and court records must be reliable sources, and we also have local news coverage. Notablity is fulfilled: [WP:NOTABILITY|"significant coverage in reliable sources indepedent of the subject"]. The subject has been covered by major newspapers and TV networks over a long period with multiple aspects being examined. While the subject of the article is fringy, that doesn't trump any piece of notabilty. --Stlemur (talk) 11:55, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability is not temporary. 15 minutes is enough. Fosnez (talk) 12:18, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep - once again, notability is not temporary. Your argument for deletion is counter to policy. matt91486 (talk) 21:53, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
 * But for the fact that Mary Carey had independent notability, I doubt that her article would be still standing. Sharkey doesn't have independent notability besides his "campaign," which is not itself a substantial campaign, nor is it getting any more publicity by this point.  WP:N's quote, "A short burst of news reports about a topic does not necessarily constitute evidence of long-term notability[,]" is directly applicable in this case, I think.  I doubt that he received more coverage than Azia Kim, for example.  --Nlu (talk) 11:51, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Appeared in WeirdNJ, is recognized political figure. AnnDenn (talk) 07:05, 7 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.76.152.6 (talk)
 * Keep as per everyone above. Editorofthewiki (talk) 23:30, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per Fosnez. Raymond Giggs 11:07, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


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