Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Theodore Terbolizard


 * 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. Ad Orientem (talk) 01:31, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Theodore Terbolizard

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This page is about me and it presents a very incomplete and arguably slanderous representation of my life. It has been edited down to only reflect one thing I did over ten years ago and all of the other media attention I have received has somehow been removed or ignored.

I would like to argue my legal 'right to forget' case in this instance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terbo Ted (talk • contribs) 23:46, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Completed steps 2 and 3-- Auric   talk  11:21, 30 January 2019 (UTC)


 * The "legal 'right to be forgotten' argument is not going to get far in this discussion, because there is not such recognized right under US law (it's basically a Europe thing), and that's the law that Wikipedia operates under. Generally "the article is no good" doesn't get an article deleted in the Article For Deletion process; as long as there's ay material in the article worth saving, it is generally saved. What gets articles deleted is generally establishing that the topic is not worthy of having an article. Here are our guidelines on what makes us consider a person sufficiently notable for an article. --Nat Gertler (talk) 00:33, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

I appreciate everyone reminding me that I referred to a European law, I was quite aware of that context and jurisdiction already. I am not in any way inferring that legal action against Wikipedia is pending. Indeed, I've sold furniture to wikipedia for their SF headquarters, they are a client. I bring up the right to forget concept because the sentiments of that certainly apply here. I have done so many things in my life that have had mainstream press coverage over the decades, perhaps the least interesting of which is that I finished in sixth place out of six candidates in an election primary over ten years ago. That someone deleted all of my other accomplishments from my page is fine, but please, delete the entire page if one life event over ten years ago is the only matter worth preserving. It's a pretty useless bit of internet but still manages to cause me personal problems with my daughter and others. It is not in any way a genuine representation of who I am. This article sucks, has multiple errors and generates almost no traffic. Honestly, I'm a loser, you can look at the previously deleted press coverage to find that is indeed true. Is that a good enough standard for deletion? Thank you for your kind consideration. And honestly, if I'm asking for a page about me to be deleted, snarky technical comments back are kind of rude and insulting, I hope you can understand this perspective with some degree of human compassion. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Terbo Ted (talk • contribs) 07:04, 29 January 2019 (UTC) copied over from AFD Talk page for visibility by Nat Gertler (talk) 14:13, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment I haven't looked at sources or anything yet, but WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE may be relevant. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:39, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment A google-news search gives me 3 hits for "Terbolizard", that doesn't argue for WP:NOTABLE. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:49, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per cites currently in article and lack of coverage, fails WP:GNG and WP:NPOLITICIAN. If the acting or writing career takes off we can always recreate. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:16, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - For those looking for the earlier version with more coverage that the poster refers to, it would appear to be this one, which was cleaned out for largely being an attack page with inappropriate sources (Amazon and eBay listings, other Wikipedia pages.) Looking through earlier revisions, I cannot find a time where there were substantial other sources that would indicate notability. --Nat Gertler (talk) 14:20, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I actually found a WP:DAILYMAIL article about a "Terbo Ted", but that's not useful. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:23, 29 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE. Bishonen &#124; talk 19:36, 29 January 2019 (UTC).
 * Delete without prejudice to the subject's acting or writing careers, which, as noted, may be more significant; but in the meantime there is not sufficient coverage for current notability standards, and there is also WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE. MPS1992 (talk) 23:54, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete due to insufficient coverage to meet notability standards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcfnord (talk • contribs) 00:39, 31 January 2019 (UTC)


 * If someone wants to close this as delete because WP:SNOW I'm ok with that. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:43, 31 January 2019 (UTC)

Terbo Ted (talk) 00:26, 2 February 2019 (UTC) !!!< this is Theodore Terbolizard speaking:

ok. while I have been a longtime wikipedia user/lurker I have never found it necessary to start an account to edit until it seemed to be the only way to recommend deleting this incredibly useless page about me I would like removed.

so far, I've been sort of miffed by how sententious all of you seem to be as a lot. simple user feedback. always lecturing me, whether it's on tildes- hey I didn't edit my comments- others did-!!! or lecturing me about law and so on. chill out people.

what's also really lame is that at one point my public page here on wikipedia was a fairly accurate representation of me as a person... the whole 'known for wide ranging failures' motif which was here at one point was exactly correct. that the community here thought that was some sort of attack page seems noble on a surface glance, but in honesty, with this page being about me, I can tell you, whomever pruned this page back to only the politics, which has been a hugely small part of my life, really irked me. There were lots of things referenced that i had done that were real. Somehow it seems sources like NPR, The San Francisco Chronicle, VICE Magazine and the Daily Mail don't count by your scorecard. I've learned a lot from this brief behind the curtain encounter and it's that I don't like wikipedia anymore.

Can't wait until my page is removed.

I really should go find some ascii art of tildes but I can't be bothered.

>>>> end of THEODORE TERBOLIZARD RANTING <-<<< Terbo Ted (talk) 00:26, 2 February 2019 (UTC) four tildes and some more tildes 00:26, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Terbo Ted, I mainly voted delete because I sympathized with your situation. Are you trying to change my mind with your sneers? I havent "lectured" you AFAIK, and I don't see anybody else above doing it either. Bishonen &#124; talk 00:52, 2 February 2019 (UTC).
 * I think the fellow is entirely within his rights to denounce Wikipedia as being garbage. Everyone else has already done so, and most of them were right. I've never thus far met anyone whose name could easily be misheard -- and misread! -- as "Turbo Lizard", so I think he has the advantage of all of us there. MPS1992 (talk) 03:54, 2 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete an unelected candidate for public office.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:21, 2 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Bishonen. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JACKonWIKIS (talk • contribs) 18:56, 4 February 2019 (UTC)


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