Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Séan Doran (intern)


 * 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. Stifle (talk) 08:17, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Séan Doran (intern)

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With greatest respect to the subject, it is unclear how WP:ANYBIO is met. In terms of:
 * WP:NSCIENTIST, the author points to this webpage in which the term "citizen scientist" is used. However, all other sources (that I can find) suggest that the subject is a digital/graphical artist. Otherwise there is no evidence that any of the NSCIENTIST criteria apply. That the subject is (or was?) an "intern" at NASA does not confer notability. The NASA website suggests that 2000+ internships are awarded (perhaps annually?). Not every NASA intern or employee is notable.
 * WP:NARTIST criteria, perhaps more applicable given this interaction on the Cake.co website in which the subject is described as a "visual artist", also don't seem to be met. In that, while the artist's work attracted some attention, there is little to no coverage of the artist independent of those works. In that sense, WP:BLP1E would seem to apply.
 * WP:NYOUTUBE and WP:INHERITWEB, it seems that the subject has had some attention on Flickr and YouTube and Reddit and what-have-you. But nothing to the extent that anywhere near WP:NWEB and WP:SIGCOV is met.

In general terms I would note that the subject here just seems to be a regular non-public figure. An otherwise "normal person", who has (what some people might see as) a pretty cool job. Which got some attention. And more power to him. But I'm not seeing how WP:GNG is met. Separately I would note that an editor, who stated that they were the subject (and probably is/was), attempted to remove poorly or entirely unsourced personal details from the article. Only to see them restored.

Otherwise, there are precisely ZERO news results about the subject (meaning SIGCOV is not met) and ZERO academic works relating to or by the subject (meaning NSCIENTIST is not met). The ONLY piece of content anywhere that seems to discuss the subject directly is that Cake.co microblogging "conversation". But that fails WP:RS by so much as to be (frankly) laughable. In any event, I don't know what criteria could possibly apply to support this article's existence here.... Guliolopez (talk) 14:20, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete I've got little to add that Guliolopez hasn't said, but a google search indicates only passing mentions as a citizen scientist. rather clearly fails WP:NPERSON and WP:GNG. Eddie891 Talk Work 15:49, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete a non-notable scientist.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:22, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - I know there isn't much background information about the individual, but he played a relatively major part in his role at NASA ans ESA's image catalog team. User:Raphael.concorde 11:24, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment - Hi . Please have a quick look at WP:ITSIMPORTANT and related "arguments to avoid in deletion discussions". When contributing to an AfD discussion (where the concern is notability) it's best to relate your arguments to this project's notability guidelines. Rather than to considerations which are unrelated to this project or its guidelines. Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 12:08, 13 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment — Hi u|Guliolopez, thanks for your message. I'll see if I can put together an explanation that meets those templates and guidelines to help resolve the discussion.


 * Delete. Per nom. Could not find a single quality WP:RS for which the subject was the main topic.  No chance of meeting WP:GNG. Not even borderline. Britishfinance (talk) 17:57, 15 June 2020 (UTC)


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