Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mason Weaver


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Lourdes  04:50, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Mason Weaver

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I am unable to find substantial coverage of the subject in independent reliable sources. Neither WP:NAUTHOR or WP:BIO appear to be satisfied. SmartSE (talk) 21:30, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
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 * The book by the president of Kansas State University gives him and his book VERY substantial coverage. Another source by a well regarded professor lists him among influential conservatives. And there was quite a lot of coverage of a student being punished for putting up posters about his talk at a Uni in California. He appears as a commentator on various programs and is covered extensively in Conservative media. Those sources don't seem to be considered reliable here but I do think they help establish his notability among Conservatives. Not a huge figure but I think he's worth including in a pageless encyclopedia. FloridaArmy (talk) 02:31, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Can you please provide more details on these books e.g. titles, page numbers for the coverage? Thanks SmartSE (talk) 17:23, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * I looked at that book, it's on the page, Not Equal: Expanding Educational Opportunity in Society, by M. Christopher Brown II.  p. 387 ff. recounts a meeting between Brown and Weaver, Brown is very take with Weaver and his ideas, and fulsome in his praise of It's OK to Leave the Plantation : The New Underground Railroad. it is certainly a source.  The difficulty is that I cannot find other WP:RS on this or Weaver's other books.  Feel free to ping me to reconsider if someone has more success sourcing Weaver than I have had.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:16, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment I think his books are self-published (as "Reeder Pub" doesn't appear to exist apart from him), but there may be enough coverage to meet WP:GNG. power~enwiki ( π, ν ) 02:42, 6 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Keep - see below. fails WP:AUTHOR, WP:BASIC. I have run searches on all of the book titles, and on his birth and current names and found virtually nothing.  As I often do, I began to source the page, and did find an article in the San Diego paper, a WP:RS source for the facts that in 1999 he legally changed his name to Mason, that he had been a host are sundry am radio stations for ~ 6 years, and that he was running for office - he must have lost because I could not find anything else that I could use to build a page.  Sounds like a guy who tried to be a controversial pundit or politician, but failed.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:15, 8 March 2018 (UTC)  Withdrawing form this discussion for now, after adding a couple of sources and doing a little editing on article.  Although I failed to source Mason's books, there is, as User:FloridaArmy says above, coverage of him as a controversialist.  Some in sources like Fox News that can be used.  I added little bio info form an interview with him in The Daily Caller, describing it as what is his: his own retelling of his own biography.  I will now wait and see what see what other editors find.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:53, 8 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Changing iVote to keep following more diligent searches and a very modest WP:HEYMANN.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:09, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TonyBallioni (talk) 02:45, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
 * In addition to the sources discussed above [john_lewis_lie_was_the_biggest_story_in_conservative_media_today.html here's a Slate piece] that notes his criticisms of John Lewis. Charles Blow also discusses hus views here. San Diego Tribune dwscribea him as a former Tea Party leader and quotes him on the resistance movement here. So there is some coverage in mainstream as well as the more substantial coverage in conservative sources. FloridaArmy (talk) 20:30, 14 March 2018 (UTC)FloridaArmy (talk) 20:27, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep per newly found sources which establish notability.– Lionel(talk) 08:10, 17 March 2018 (UTC)


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