Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shawn Morrissey


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The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 10:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Shawn Morrissey
I am puzzled about this one; a long article with references, etc, but I failed to find a single Google, Yahoo, Amazon, etc, hit (except Wikipedia and related sites) about either himself or his books. He is indeed mentioned on the website of the Korean Mountaineering League (KML), but the rest of the article does not describe him as particularly notable (or even particularly non-notable sometimes, as in the last paragraph of the lead). Finally, his mountaineering experience does not look any special (and I have done one of these walks). No opinion. Schutz 22:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete This is indeed a tough case. Scattered mentions provided by search engines, most from Wikipedia and mirrors, do not assert much notability. Not even the Korean Mountaineering League website asserts his particular notability. Were not for the fact that he founded this league, and there would be no doubts that he fails WP:BIO. Anyway the article currently fails WP:RS so maybe it should be deleted unless a good source does confirm his notability.-- Hús  ö  nd  05:06, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete or redirect to Korean Mountaineering League. Since almost noone has given his opinion, I felt obligated to reread the article and go beyond my "no opinion" above. The fact that the whole article insists on minor and non-notable achievements convinced me to lean towards deletion. Schutz 19:07, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. It appears that both were authored by the same IP address, and it may be a WP:COI. Three of the references in the Morrissey article are self references, either to stuff he has written, or the organisation's website. As he founded the organisation and is its president, it is not surprising to have mentions of him there, even assuming he didn't write it all himself. He or the organisation may be well known in rock-climbing circles, but it is so far unverifiable. KML itself scores 65 unique GHits, the majority of which are wiki or mirror sites. Ohconfucius 03:38, 6 November 2006 (UTC)


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