Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rich DiSilvio


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The result was delete.  So Why  12:21, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

Rich DiSilvio

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Bio of a non-notable individual. Article has had lots of puffery added and deleted recently, but there have never been references to reliable sources and my searches find nothing of substance. He exists, he's written a few books and done some music and literature cover art but I'm not seeing anything which makes him pass WP:BIO. Has had a WP:PROD removed. Neiltonks (talk) 12:45, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete I worked my way through the entire history of the article to find nothing the was properly sourced that could support the notability of the subject. There is no significant coverage in independent, reliable sources, so it faikls WP:GNG and none of the criteria of WP:CREATIVE are met. This is not an artist who has has won significant critical attention. A Google news search yielded: No results found for "Rich DiSilvio". Mduvekot (talk) 17:37, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep You all seem to be missing a critical point. He is not just an artist (who worked on projects for many music celebrities and even produced a collector plate & mug series for Lincoln Center). Nor is he just an author (who happened to win an international gold award and received acclaim from PhDs for his nonfiction work), since he also conceived of and developed the first interactive software for autism in 1999. In all my searches I have not come across anyone who developed such a product before him. Newsday, a reliable news source, mentioned this release in 1999, and a PhD from Rutgers gave a testimonial to the significance of this new software as well. That the PhD’s testimonial is posted on the software’s website I guess that becomes invalid too. But just because every bit of information of the past or present is not readily online via Google, or like this testimony, is not posted on a totally independent site, does not negate the reality or significance of this achievement, or his artwork on high profile music albums or book covers, or his award-winning literary achievement, which is notable, when competing against thousands of writers from several countries. So I’ll leave it at that. DVed (talk) 23:43, 14 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Reliable Sources do not need to be on the internet (though, of course, that makes things easier). So, you are free to add references, even if there is not a web site to support it. Robman94 (talk) 16:14, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947(c) (m) 03:25, 21 August 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete No sources in article/ A search turns up only a few very minor mentions. Fails diverse reliable sources requirement. One minor source, interestingly, is in "How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet: 2011 Edition". In it, Da Silvio is mentioned as a person who specializes in "visual promotions"... "including web design, cover art and multi-media". Not notable.104.163.140.99 (talk) 01:50, 23 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment - This article has been gutted before being hauled to AfD. Assess THIS earlier version, not the one line stub that remains. No opinion about inclusion-worthiness. Carrite (talk) 16:15, 23 August 2017 (UTC)

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 * Delete: Couldn't find any sources that match WP:RS. Nomader (talk) 16:55, 28 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Just a note here, I reviewed the version that mentioned here, but unfortunately the sources there don't meet muster either. They're all promos and links to Amazon-- which don't meet WP:GNG. Nomader (talk) 18:07, 3 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete this is a low-profile individual. Power~enwiki (talk) 04:05, 6 September 2017 (UTC)


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