Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Couper

I am renominating this page for deletion. I googled "Matt Couper" artist and received only 194 hits. i know garage bands that get more hits than that and I believe Wikipedia has a policy against them. from reading the article, i did not read any notable information...seems like vanity more than anything. Examples: opening sentence describes Couper as "a New Zealand artist who lives in Wellington", implying that he is not notable for anything...contrast with Jack Nicholson: "highly successful, iconic American method actor" or Pablo Picasso: "one of the recognized masters of 20th century art, probably most famous as the founder, along with Georges Braque, of Cubism" (extreme examples of course but the point is made). -- Bubbachuck 13:10, 11 August 2005 (UTC). that said...


 * Delete: vanity. -- Bubbachuck 13:11, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Old VFD circa August 2004
Matt Couper was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was ambiguous. Failing to achieve a clear consensus to delete the article page, the default decision is KEEP. It may, of course, be renominated after a reasonable time. Rossami 03:02, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * 1) The Talk page issue is clear.  The talk page has been DELETEd.
 * 2) The article was rewritten during the discussion period.  The votes after the rewrite tended more toward keep than delete.  Most of those who contributed early did not choose to come back to this discussion.

Vanity. -- Grunt (talk) 21:39, 2004 Aug 21 (UTC)
 * Delete: 1st half is vanity, 2nd half is a help wanted ad. Geogre 00:11, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * What the heck is going on with this article? It's been a target of anon vandals for months!  It has about 700 edits!  Delete.  RickK 05:04, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a vehicle for advertising and self-promotion (#18). --Slowking Man 06:44, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)
 * talk:Matt Couper seems to be being used as a sandbox too. Delete both . Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 11:51, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * It's being used as a message board: We need to watch carefully.  After we delete this, the marooned kiddies are going to look to make/use something else, I'll bet.  The edits are coming too fast.  Wikipedia is not a Post-It note on a corkboard. Geogre 13:37, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * But they're not talking to each other, they're just using it as a sandbox. Anyway, here are the IP addresses: Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 22:14, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)


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 * special:contributions/Thalion
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This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like other '/delete' pages is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion or on the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * I have also established email contact with Matt. Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 22:14, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC). As a result of which, I vote to keep but cleanup.  He does seem minorly notable, certainly as notable as fellow Kiwi Francis Uprichard.  he says that the article was written by some guy called Aaron Lister.  I think what we basically have is a Dartmouth College sandbox.  Still, delete the talk page. Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 23:10, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC).
 * The edits from the anon IPs don't follow any consistency, but I think that some little bugger has redirected the sandbox or something. Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 23:25, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I've got it. Somebody did a move test by moving the sandbox for the tutorial to Matt Couper. See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Wikipedia:Tutorial_%28Editing%29/sandbox&action=history, User:Matt Couper. I suggest delete and restore article about Couper. Dunc_Harris|&#9786; 23:30, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep now, but edit perhaps. Did get an art gallery in Wellington during a quick google search. Kiwis will always be less notable, what with living on an island and all that, but this person is probably still minorly notable. Further, what Dunc Harris says. I take it it's fixed now? (thanks dude!) Kim Bruning 13:25, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)