Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Munro


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The result was   keep. Note that I struck an incorrect date in the nomination (the discussion was started on 10 December 2014). NorthAmerica1000 14:44, 24 December 2014 (UTC)

Steve Munro

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Does not appear to meet the criteria for Wikipedia:Notability_(people)#Creative_professionals. Cited in passing in a few news articles and a book, recipient of a minor award. Mrfrobinson (talk) 20:52, 23 March 2014 (UTC) 16:44, 10 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep - Widely quoted in the Canadian press in hundreds of newspaper articles, in the last three decades as an activist and recently as a transit blogger. There are numerous profiles on him :
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 * - temporary pdf link - NQ  (talk)  18:02, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * - temporary pdf link - NQ  (talk)  18:02, 10 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep -- As NQ noted above Munro is respected and routinely quoted by journalists who specialize in transit. Nomination asserts Munro is "cited in passing".  I agree, if Munro only press coverage was being cited in passing, in association with a single transit issue, he would not rise to the level of wikipedia notability.  But Munro has been a respected and routinely cited source for transit journalists for decades.  Matt Drudge and Perez Hilton could be called mere bloggers -- if one ignored the press coverage their writing triggers.  When multiple transit journalists, who meet our criteria for being considered verifiable, authoritative sources, writers who we would cite as references, have all independently chosen to respect and quote Munro, that makes him a notable transit expert.  This article was read over 800 times in the last 90 days.  I direct our nominator's attention to two peaks around October 26th and November 17th.  Nominator, those peaks probably represent outside readers who read a newspaper article where he was quoted, and turned to the wikipedia to look him up.  Would potential wikipedia readers, who read the newspaper articles which routinely quote or cite Munro, and then turn to their trusted wikipedia to find out his background, benefit by the deletion of this article.  Yeah?  How exactly?  Geo Swan (talk) 21:36, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. While the Jane Jacobs Prize, by itself, doesn't confer notability, he appears to have gotten enough Canadian media attention to merit inclusion, eh? Bearian (talk) 21:50, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep There is probably no civilian more active in promoting better transit service in the Greater Toronto Area. Politicians might receive more press coverage, but Steve Munro is the catalyst for much of what actually gets done. Secondarywaltz (talk) 21:58, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:15, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  19:38, 17 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Relist Comment - I for some unknown reason originally closed this as keep without giving it the entire 7 days (not sure why!) - So out of courtesy I've relisted for the nom, Cheers, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  19:42, 17 December 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. More notable than most municipal pols. EncyclopediaUpdaticus (talk) 19:57, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Hundreds of press mentions show up on a basic news search (not seeing "a few"). Multiple independent reliable news sources label him "transit expert" and "transit writer". Press coverage looks like it covers decades, as well as recent ongoing coverage, including profiles, which is more than WP:GNG advises. The nominator's argument is slightly flawed, as the subject is not restricted to only meet the sub-guideline advice of "Creative professionals" when he meets everything in WP:GNG proper. __ E L A Q U E A T E  22:39, 18 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep, seems to pass WP:GNG. — Joaquin008  ( talk ) 22:06, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Call for closure -- No one, other than our nominator, has voiced a delete, and nominator hasn't returned here to offer any counter-arguments.  Geo Swan (talk) 15:33, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
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