Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Funkhouser


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The result was delete. WP:BASIC j⚛e deckertalk 14:13, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Michael Funkhouser

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WP:BLP of a person with no really strong claim of encyclopedic notability, and not nearly enough reliable source coverage to claim a WP:GNG pass. What we've got here is that he won a couple of youth voluntarism awards, one of which was presented by the daily newspaper in his own hometown, and that he launched a charitable crowdfunding campaign which he had to redirect to another recipient — but none of that satisfies any of Wikipedia's inclusion standards. Further, there's an almost guaranteed conflict of interest here, as the creator's username (User:JacksonViking) communicates a direct connection to the same sports teams that the subject was previously on at the same high school he just recently graduated from — Jackson High School (Jackson, Michigan), whose sports teams are called the Vikings according to the infobox — meaning that if it wasn't created by the subject himself, it was certainly created by a friend of his. If he keeps it up, I'm sure he might well qualify for a Wikipedia article under a real notability criterion someday, but nothing that's been written or sourced here suggests any reason why he would qualify to have one now. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 06:20, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete  Bearcat covered the reasons well. John from Idegon (talk) 06:28, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Save  Being a Division 1, Big Ten athlete is a huge achievement and deserves notability. Also, being selected out of every youth in the entire state for an award by the governor is a huge honor. JacksonViking 07:16, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Someone needs to read WP:N. Not one of those things speaks to his notability. John from Idegon (talk) 17:30, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia has an international audience, and at least in theory will last forever. Which of those things makes him a topic that a person living in Singapore in the 22nd century will need to know about? Bearcat (talk) 18:06, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: Bad things seem to happen when I make the obvious motion on a college athlete, but being a starter at a Division I school (and no, I'm not denigrating him because of the sport in question) is not sufficient to pass the notability standard. Subject does not have iRS for a biography at this time. Hithladaeus (talk) 02:18, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Save This young man has about nine more major accomplishments that are not posted. A quick Google search of his name shows his impact on his community. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JacksonViking (talk • contribs) 03:11, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Please note that while you're allowed to comment more than once in an AFD discussion, you're not allowed to "vote" more than once. Please do not preface any further comments with "keep" or "save" — that part of this followup comment has been struck out. Bearcat (talk) 18:23, 25 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment Having a local impact does not show notability, and please provide references for your claims (BTW, it's "Keep", not "Save". The article is not drowning, it lacks notability.  If you want to Save it, find sources.) John from Idegon (talk) 03:33, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Hold the microwave What sources would like me to find John? Please do not use any vulgar language to respond as I know you are accustom to. JacksonViking (talk) 23:37, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
 * If you can find any sources to suggest the article may be notable as per WP:GNG or WP:NCOLLATH, those would be helpful. Feel free to add such sources to the article and then comment here to ask people to take another look. ~ RobTalk 23:40, 26 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as per above. No reliable sources suggest he passes WP:GNG and WP:NCOLLATH for notability. ~ RobTalk 23:40, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete While he may be known in Jackson he does not meet WP:SIGCOV at this time. There is nothing to prevent a new article if his notability increases enough to meet Wikipedia's guidelines. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 23:48, 26 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Michigan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:21, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:21, 29 June 2015 (UTC)

This is quite significant, http://www.mlive.com/news/jackson/index.ssf/2013/11/when_times_are_tough_jackson_h.html along with his YouTube channel JacksonViking (talk) 04:15, 2 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, nothing in any of Wikipedia's inclusion rules gets a person into Wikipedia just for having been his high school's homecoming king, or even for having given his homecoming king crown to a classmate with a disability. Does it mean he's a good guy, absolutely. But it doesn't automatically mean he's earned a place in Wikipedia — this is an encyclopedia, not a directory of good guys. Bearcat (talk) 14:01, 2 July 2015 (UTC)


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