Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robb Alvey (4th nomination)


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The result was keep. Tone 08:25, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Robb Alvey
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The subject fails to meet WP:Basic. There are reliable sources but the coverage of the subject is not significant. Most of the sources are about other subjects and the mentions of Robb Alvey are incidental. It looks like a case of Masking the lack of notability.

The subject also fails to meet WP:ANYBIO or WP:CREATIVE. T.C.Haliburtontalk nerdy to me 12:36, 6 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete Wikipedia has strong rules against people creating articles on themselves. We need to enforce these rules better and can start by deleting this article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:06, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep The New York times thought enough of him to include his picture in an article, and introduce him with the text "Mr. Alvey runs the Web site Theme Park Review, which collects posts about, and photos and videos of, theme parks and coasters all over the world. He also organizes tours to popular parks, for which he and his wife serve as guides and give their guests exclusive ride time on the best coasters. ..." That alone is enough for me to extract his notability. However there are many other sources: The Daily Herald says "Enter Robb Alvey of Valencia, Calif. He's the owner and creator of Theme Park Review... Alvey is a true roller coaster lover who said he has logged time on more than 1,300 roller coasters around the world. If anyone could name the top five coasters at Great America, it would be Alvey, right?. There is also USA today ("Robb Alvey knows his roller coasters: He's ridden over 1,500 of them and reviewed many for his website Theme Park Review...", Orange coast Magazine, and the fact that he is frequently cited as an expert. Clearly meets GNG. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 14:15, 7 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Based on the plethora of references in article demonstrated by ThatMontrealIP as well as in the article it seems to meet pass WP:SIGCOV and WP:GNG Spy-cicle (talk) 18:25, 9 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment- I am really on the fence with this one. If we are looking to reach a basic level of notability with significant coverage (e.g., two or more in-depth pieces), he does meet it. This is based on the NYT and Daily Herald pieces. I would not count the Today piece as it is more about him riding a coaster and his review of it, not really about him with details about what he does (other than a brief mention. There could also be a case made under WP:CREATIVE since he is mentioned in many publications for what he does. Not sure about a !vote just yet but wanted to state my opinion to spark some discussion. --CNMall41 (talk) 03:52, 11 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep The General Notability Guidelines have been met as others have stated.  D r e a m Focus  13:33, 11 September 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   20:14, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep, has enough coverage, is notable 16:06, 18 September 2019 (UTC)Alex-h (talk)
 * Keep passes GN. Maybe someday this will stop being nominated. Earnsthearthrob (talk) 18:31, 19 September 2019 (UTC)


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