Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Lasko


 * 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The result was Withdrawn by nominator. SudoGhost 21:22, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Peter Lasko

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Non-notable individual, fails WP:GNG and WP:PROF SudoGhost 19:34, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn by nominator per Barney. - SudoGhost 21:17, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
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 * keep Fellow of the British Academy and obits in the major national dailies. It's a crap article as yet, but that's still no reason to delete. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:43, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I didn't see any reference to him being a Fellow of the British Academy, and that seems like something an obituary would point out. I sure I'm just missing it somewhere, but do you have a source that would show that? - SudoGhost 20:53, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Because you didn't know it already, it didn't happen? Do your research before you AfD articles. Have some respect for other editors! Maybe even try reading the sources that are already in the article you're hunting for. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:56, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * "It didn't happen?" is referring to what, exactly? I would love for you to show where in those sources it mentions being a Fellow of the British Academy, because I read all of them. - SudoGhost 21:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Well it's in Who's Who and clearly you didn't read that because you don't have a subscription. Barney the barney barney (talk) 21:04, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * So...it's WP:POINTy because I didn't read something I am incapable of reading? I'm not, nor did I ever say "it didn't happen", but if I'm going to withdraw a nomination I'd like to at least see what's being claimed before I do so, because it sure isn't in the article nor was I able to find anything about him being a Fellow of any kind before I nominated the article for deletion. - SudoGhost 21:07, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I said no such thing, although to be pedantic, the copy of the Indie obit clearly mentions FBA Barney the barney barney (talk) 21:13, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * I apologize, I thought Andy had responded. I honestly didn't see the copy posted to Google Groups, because a copy-pasted reproduction on a forum isn't a reliable source.  However, if you're saying there are reliable sources that verify this that I don't have access to, I'll take your word on it. - SudoGhost 21:17, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Read the article. Read the External links section. Read the Indie obit that's linked there.
 * "Lasko's energy and scholarship gained recognition in a number of ways. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, served as a Trustee of the British Museum and as a Commissioner for Historic Monuments. But it was only after his retirement as director from the Courtauld that ..."
 * You clearly didn't read this in your haste to chase down Philafrenzy's created articles. I have no idea why you're doing this and I don't care, but please don't take the piss and tell me that you're doing it because someone gonged with a CBE, let alone national daily obits, doesn't meet our pitifully low bar for notability. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:21, 26 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Scratch that – This, and also David Park (art historian), which you've also AfD'ed, are two newly created articles from the same author. Neither of them are anywhere near ripe for going near AfD as they're both new, short articles still under ongoing development. These AfDs are both pointy, bitey and trouty – especially with the "I'm going to AfD your article" threats in edit summaries. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:50, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Under ongoing development doesn't mean anything, and it would only be WP:BITEy if it were a new editor as opposed to an editor who has created enough articles that they should know how it works by now, nor is it WP:POINTy. It's almost as if, as I was removing the backlog from Category:Biography articles without living parameter, I came across several articles that were tagged for notability because they lacked any sort of sources showing notability? - SudoGhost 21:01, 26 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Snow keep, Obituaries in The Independent and The Guardian, CBE, FBA, entry in Who's Who... If he only had one of these, he would be kept. Barney the barney barney (talk) 20:52, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
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