Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Penders


 * 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 no consensus. I've removed some uncited or unencyclopedic material. Chick Bowen 22:35, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Ken Penders


Notable or not? Was recreated within 1/2 hour of a speedy delete. Tubezone 04:24, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete A7 Still no assertion of notability stated. ColourBurst 04:34, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Author of the subject of the page Sonic the Hedgehog (comics). And no, that keep is not conditional upon improvement, as decisions should be made on whether or not it can be improved. -Amarkov blahedits 04:42, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Make a stub and catagorize it. Sonic the Hedgehog is silly but notable! Missvain 04:58, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sonic the Hedgehog (comics). If all that can be said about him is "well, he worked on the comic book," then he doesn't get an article.  --humblefool&reg; 06:06, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge or Redirect Sonic the Hedgehog (comics)SkierRMH 08:36, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Obvious A7 Amists  talk •  contribs 10:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Although clearly the current article doesn't do a lot to show notability, he definitely is. The Sonic comic is both long-running and popular, but he's done quite a lot of other work as well, including the Star Trek and ST:TNG comics, and plenty of other work for just about every major publisher including Marvel, DC, Archie, Disney, and Image.  He's also a regular speaker at cons and such, including the really big ones like the San Diego Comic Con, the biggest one in the world.  Strong keep. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  14:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete No references are provided to show he is notable except for work on the comic. So mention him in the article about the comic, or come up with multiple independent sources to cite which discuss him and his work. A Wikipedia article is not a valid source for notability. Edison 16:52, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. LexisNexis brings up zero results on this name over the last two years. NewsBank shows exactly one article about Ken Penders: Matthew Smith. Back to the drawing board, The Buffalo News, February 11, 1997. The article is a local puff piece and the author, Matthew Smith, was in high school at the time (according to the article). Newsbank brought up another article in which Mark Lenard says that he worked with Ken Penders. shotwell 00:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and others. Rever e ndG 05:39, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep As of now, the article had improved a lot with added information, despite being just a stub. Hope(N Forever) 17:14, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment But where did all that information come from? The official site?  The editor's brain?  A newspaper article?  Where? ColourBurst 21:04, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
 * keep as per Hope PTIuv777 08:04, 22 November 2006 (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.