Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve McIntyre (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 00:18, 23 April 2014 (UTC)

Steve McIntyre
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Non notable outside of industry publications. All references are to the Debian sources. If people want this to stay, then perhaps they need to provide some damn better sources fast. Otherwise, this needs to go. Non notable and **** poor referencing. Safiel (talk) 02:36, 31 March 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:17, 8 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. Please note that you are expected to make a reasonable effort to find reliable sources before listing an article for deletion. A quick web search turned up a couple of good-looking sources. I didn't find a ton to indicate notability hence the weak keep. - Iago Qnsi  13:10, 8 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment I did make a good search for sources prior to nominating. The links you give don't look so good to me. A blog and an opinion piece. No actual news story. Not enough to meet WP:GNG. With all due respect, I will maintain my delete position. Safiel (talk) 05:06, 11 April 2014 (UTC)


 * delete "Big in Debian". We need some comment from outside the tent, before we start passing WP:N. If he's becoming "the face of Debian" for some conferences or what have you that are broader than Debian, then that would count - but I'm not seeing it. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:07, 15 April 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:03, 16 April 2014 (UTC)




 * Delete I'm a fan of the Debian project, but I really don't understand how anyone could think this article satisfies WP:NOTABILITY. The only reason this article exists is because Steve was once the Debian Project Leader, but that is not enough to be notable - it is Debian and its management hierarchy that is the notable thing here, not the individual. To satisfy WP:NOTABILITY, there needs to be significant coverage of McIntyre and his work (not the Debian project, but the man himself), and that coverage needs to be from secondary sources independent of the Debian project, and the coverage can not be simply covering events or news (like his election). This article fails WP:NOTABILITY on all of those accounts. Of the two new sources suggested above by IagoQnsi, one is a regurgitated press release covering a news event (the Debian election), and the other is a very short interview. The news event does not satisfy notability. The interview might, but there is no way that one single interview could be classed as "significant coverage". One final quote from Notability: "We require 'significant coverage' in reliable sources so that we can actually write a whole article, rather than half a paragraph or a definition of that topic. If only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject, that subject does not qualify for a separate page, but should instead be merged into an article about a larger topic or relevant list." In the seven years this article has existing, it has failed to expand beyond the "few sentences" stage. As McIntyre is no longer Debian Project Leader, and hasn't been for four years, it is highly unlikely that any new sources are going to appear that discuss him, his life, or his work. Chris Bainbridge (talk) 11:37, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
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