Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Basso


 * 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 keep. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-26 12:53Z 

Tom Basso

 * — (View AfD)

Being mentioned in a book, is this enough to make this bio notable? Fails WP:BIO and Notability; see Articles for deletion/Randy McKay (trader), Al Weiss. Seems this is One in a large series of article spam: see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject_Spam/2006_Archive_Dec. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hu12 (talk • contribs) 12:45, 20 December 2006
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 14:59, 20 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Edison 16:01, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete does not seem notable. Delete unless expanded making a case for notability during AfD. Pleclech 22:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. If somebody publishes a book in the Wiley publishing house, it is a clear sign of notability. They really do not publish everything. Plus he has other merits.--Ioannes Pragensis 23:15, 20 December 2006 (UTC)::I do not share your faith about the notability of anyone one particular publisher's books. Better to decide by book than by publishing house. DGG 02:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Does not meet criteria for sufficient notability listed in the Notability (people)--Hu12 00:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep after a minor rewrite with reliable sources. The Lead section shows notability and the References section should be read by the editors. Just needs even further expansion. Reason for deletion is no longer valid. There appear to be many separate industry media reference links, that shows there is reasonable industry interest. Meets this criterion from WP:BIO - "The person has been the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person." This person is factual, and verifiable. Well-referenced, and encyclopaedic. I'm having trouble seriously believing it's possible to nominate this article in good faith. I'm not sure what the agenda is here but the subject is clearly notable. This person has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of this person. This article can be cleaned up and set on track. All of the links provided are from independent reliable third-party, reputable, non-trivial published sources. Be aware that Money management is a highly specialized, yet suitable topic for WP. Editors please look at the multiple independent reliable sources under References. Found multiple non-trivial reliable external sources about this person, this then establishes notability. It meets notability criteria and sources are reliable.


 * Clearly notable, and widely reported. Perhaps a better article needs to be written, but this is not the form for doing that. He has been featured in mainstream newsprint publications. It should be noted that due to a large overhaul of the page, all votes before the overhaul of the Wikipedia article should be reconsidered.
 * The article was not properly sourced when it was nominated, and has now been much improved.


 * Comments on References


 * Featured in numerous articles and here
 * including U.S. News & World Report
 * 12,000 ghits
 * Found various articles at ProQuest and Lexis-Nexis at (Talk:Tom Basso). Here is the 2 found at The Wall Street Journal
 * The article needs to be updated to include all these references.


 * The St. Louis Post-Dispatch featured 3 times.
 * Instructions: Go to the advanced search page here: and type in the article Title and the Year:
 * Tips on Preparing For Recession and date (1990)
 * What is Actually Happening When Your Stock Splits and date (1992)
 * Money Manager's System Helps Avoid Frustration and date (1993)

Trade2tradewell 00:02, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep This is now really beginning to look like deletion by profession. Not all stock traders are equal.DGG 02:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC).
 * Keep. The AfD's in this string have common characteristics: The subject is notable within a specialized business-related field; the article has stylistic problems and includes puffery but has enough substance to establish notability.  AfD should not be used as Cleanup. JamesMLane t c 17:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.