Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Bast


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The result was   no consensus. Even after two relists, this debate never managed to attract any significant participation. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:00, 10 May 2014 (UTC)

Joseph Bast

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Not a notable figure according to wikipedia's standards. Tiakat333 (talk) 23:31, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Comment I hope you'll understand my suspicion about a nom by someone with 2 edits unrelated to the nom itself. Would you care to clarify what notability guidelines this article doesn't meet and why?
 * Oh yeah, and here are some more sources:    Jinkinson   talk to me  03:16, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment Sorry I don't have a lot of experience editing Wikipedia? I have tried to a number of times and am just so bad at understanding basic coding, but please don't fault me for that... The sources of this article, however, are mostly from Mr. Bast himself. That is why I doubt this person's notability. They have done little besides publish a few books, and I know lots of people who have published books that are not on Wikipedia. I think combining the information here with the information on the Heartland Institute's page could be a solution, but I am genuinely unsure of how to do that. As I mentioned, I'm not good with this stuff, but I'm trying to get better. Tiakat333 (talk) 03:21, 18 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Weak delete He does have some claim to notability as someone heading an organisation which has been in the news and as someone whose opinion has been sought multiple times by the media. But the articles cited by Jinkinson don't provide much in the way of information about him; they just cite him as an expert or a spokesman for Heartland, and are nowhere near meeting WP:GNG. The links on the article don't qualify as independent and reliable sources: most are by Bast, with some blog and user-generated content. I can't find reviews of his publications in mainstream publications. But a couple more references from reliable sources that actually say something about Bast might establish notability. A merge to Heartland Institute could be possible. --Colapeninsula (talk) 16:38, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tawker (talk) 07:04, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔  15:55, 29 April 2014 (UTC)


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