Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph Matheny


 * 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. postdlf (talk) 21:06, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Joseph Matheny

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Article was PROD'd and possible interest-conflicted sockpuppet editor removed PROD without changing any article text or explanation. Maximilianklein (talk) 22:03, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep Subject seems to satisfy WP:GNG. Article needs much work, but that is not a deletion criteria. Safiel (talk) 05:03, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Below is my analysis from the  Talk page: This is the third time (by three different authors), that this page has been suggested for deletion in 9 months.  Below are some data points:
 * Setianson's contributions are mostly about this article or books written by the subject of this article. (deletion indicated (strong), this is probably WP:SPIP)
 * The most recent proposal is by an editor that has only one edit. (deletion not indicated (weak))
 * Kinsella's book is based on a Master's Thesis. I work in academia and getting a book published from a Master's thesis is not hard. (deletion indicated, Amazon rank is #3,701,112, which is low.  I have book that has sold less than 1000 copies and it is #1,938,778.  Yeah, Amazon rank is not a perfect, it does give us some information.)
 * The McMahon/Games citation is not online and searching for that title brings up pages authored by Matheny at the top of the list. (deletion indicated (weak))
 * Upon reflection, I don't feel that Matheny is notable, see WP:AUTHOR. If he is, then I have a very long list of people who are far more notable. Cxbrx (talk) 16:11, 5 February 2015 (UTC)

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 01:41, 11 February 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Sam Sing! 07:18, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. Article needs some better sourcing, but subject seems notable at the very least for Ong's Hat. I would say merge to Ong's Hat, except it seems likely a second claim for notability could be made via his other materials, so we would end up just splitting them again. Earflaps (talk) 08:00, 20 February 2015 (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.