Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lee Adam Gooden


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The result was Delete. This is recreation of deleted material, specifically Lee Gooden, and as such, still does not prove notabilility through independent, reliable sources. Keeper  |   76   |   Disclaimer  20:46, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

Lee Adam Gooden

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Fails WP:BIO. The assertion of notability rests on five articles published in the Post Star (Glen Falls, New York): Two focus on local amateur theatre (Gooden's name is mentioned), one concerns a workshop production of his play "Quaternity", and the remaining two deal with a poetry festival which was founded by a colleague (Gooden's name does not feature). Amateur theatre aside, his literary output appears to be limited to non-paying websites. He is the recipient of the "Parnassus Award for Poetry", the web presence of which is limited to this article and Gooden's blog. Apparently a recreation and expansion of an earlier article, Lee gooden [sic], which had been the subject of a speedy deletion. Both were created by the same single purpose account. Victoriagirl (talk) 15:59, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete doesn't pass WP:BIO or WP:N. Local newspapers generally aren't reliable sources, especially when that's all an article has, so fails WP:RS too. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  16:19, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. There seems to be a misunderstanding here. Local newspapers are reliable sources. Like national ones, they realize their credibility is their most important asset. Their news judgments reflect their audience, so their coverage of local events, organizations and people is likely to be more comprehensive than of coverage of what happens elsewhere. --Eastmain (talk) 00:27, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't really want to enter into the discussion on whether or not local newspapers can be considered reliable sources. My reason for writing about the Post Star articles included as references has to do, again, with WP:BIO. In short, there is no sign, even within the local press, that Gooden "has been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." Indeed, his name does not even appear in two of the five references provided. Victoriagirl (talk) 01:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)


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