Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Kolowich


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The result was delete. Wizardman 03:12, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Mark Kolowich

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He got his name in the papers for a semi-licit business. But there's no evidence of an encyclopedia article to be written here that isn't just a news aggregate of a single media cycle (if that). Docg 21:00, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete lack of independent sources. Guy (Help!) 22:21, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete not notable Dreamspy (talk) 19:51, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. There are news articles spread over several years in the Google News Archive. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:43, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * We are not a news aggregator, so can you please detail the special or ongoing significance that makes this encyclopedic, just pointing to a lot of news reports doesn't make your case.--Docg 21:47, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. Notability guidelines don't talk about "special or ongoing significance", but they do talk about multiple independent references in reliable sources, which I have demonstrated to exist for this subject. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:09, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Notability is not arithmetic. The significance of sources needs to be assessed. Counting won't do. Arithmetical arguments are unlikely to convince many people.--Docg 08:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable and needs different sources.-- RyRy5   talk  01:12, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notability is not a good argument for deletion; the article meets WP:V, WP:NPOV, and WP:NOR. I don't see any BLP problems, though the article needs expansion so it can be a fuller biography. *** Crotalus *** 13:29, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:NOTNEWS. Do you want a bio on every fellon who gets reported in the papers.--Docg 14:36, 26 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep per Phil Bridger, being featured on the cover of the The Wall Street Journal seals the deal for me. (jarbarf) (talk) 17:26, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 21:47, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Cover the event, if notable and I doubt this one is, not the person notable only for that one event. - Nabla (talk) 22:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. One sentence does not an article make. Article is orphaned (and usually, an article is orphaned for a reason). Also: while a fellow editor cites WP:NOTNEWS (an essay), I find WP:NOT (a section of policy) more appropriate. B.Wind (talk) 05:25, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Despite claims otherwise, there does not appear to be a sourcing problem, nor any compelling reason presented to delete.  (This person is not a "ONEEVENT" candidate, BTW) - Ironic goat (talk) 08:32, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, completely unsourced. -- Naerii  23:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)


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