Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Hocker


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 09:07, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Paul Hocker

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Contested prod. Article is about a non-notable author. Last paragraph indicates that the subject may be notable for one event only. No reliable sources provided, none found.  TN ‑  X   - Man  15:01, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:BIO. Strong promotional tendencies as well, so even if kept, would need to be cut dramatically to a stub (i.e. WP:SPAM). Just short of a speedy, IMO. RayAYang (talk) 15:12, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. The one event is here, but otherwise fails WP:BIO. D ARTH P ANDA duel 15:15, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.   -- RayAYang (talk) 15:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:COI: name of creator is User:Pshocker. Reywas92 Talk  18:35, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep and fix I looked at all of the references and was ready to vote speedy delete on this self promotion of a nice enough and interesting guy. But then I hit this reference which I almost missed: and after reading it I believe the article should be fixed instead of deleted. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:54, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I believe that is the same article DarthPanda mentions. I looked at when I made the nomination and felt that it only goes to show notability for one event. I could not find any other coverage.  TN ‑  X   - Man  20:02, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. That is indeed the article I mentioned, and this therefore falls under one event as Tnxman307 says. Cheers, D ARTH P ANDA duel 22:20, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
 * ResponseIt's certainly a judgement call. One large feature story on a clever prank in a major paper (picked up by other media and spread rather widely). But he's also an author and has had short stories published, and has an upcoming book on the beatles. I suspect he'll be back even if he's deleted, so to my mind the best approach is to clean up what's there and make it encyclopedic, but I respect that others set a higher bar and perhaps look forward to debating Mr. Hocker's merits again soon? ChildofMidnight (talk) 23:20, 12 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Strong delete Google news search] of his book reveals no mainstream coverage. Same for a search on his name. Michellecrisp (talk) 00:12, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions.   -- Raven1977 (talk) 21:36, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


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