Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Paolinelli


 * 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. Sjakkalle (Check!)  09:49, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

Richard Paolinelli

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Non-notable individual lacking non-trivial support. red dogsix (talk) 15:52, 7 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. All of the sources in the article are either WP:PRIMARY (meaning that they're by Paolinelli or some place directly affiliated with him) or they're actually inappropriate to have on Wikipedia, like the link to Amazon. (I've removed this link.) A search brought up nothing else that could establish notability for this author. I also have to express concern about a possible COI, as the original editor's username is very similar to one of the author's handles. I've blocked them for this and for some other problematic behavior, so full disclosure on that end. The author has worked for various publications, but notability is WP:NOTINHERITED by the author having worked for notable newspapers or because he wrote some books. These things make it more likely that there will be coverage, but it's never a guarantee and there have been journalists that have worked for some of the world's most notable publications for years and wrote some fairly well received news stories, yet never gained enough coverage to justify them passing WP:CREATIVE. I'm sorry, but Paolinelli just doesn't pass notability guidelines. This is no slight against him - it's just that it's very, very difficult to pass notability guidelines on Wikipedia. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  04:44, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as simply nothing from the current article is convincingly better for the needed notability and improvements, delete at best until better is available. SwisterTwister   talk  05:23, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  05:23, 14 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions.  SwisterTwister   talk  05:23, 14 May 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.