Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Krieglstein


 * 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. Courcelles (talk) 03:57, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Tom Krieglstein

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Biographical article fails WP:BIO. I heretofore list the individual's accomplishments and explain why they do not establish notability as defined by Wikipedia.
 * 1) Co-founded Swift Kick: the company itself is not notable
 * 2) First person in line for Barack Obama's election night rally: not notable, nor even an "accomplishment"
 * 3) Third runner in The Today Show's Race to the Altar: not notable
 * 4) First student from the College of DuPage to be named to the USA Today All-USA Academic First Team: interesting but not notable
 * 5) Received Campus Speaker of the Year award from the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities: again, interesting but not in and of itself notable

In support of the individual's lack of notability is the fact that the creator and significant contributor to the article (Dkriegls, who accounts for 60% of the article's edits) appears to be a family member of the individual and has even written about himself in the article and included a picture of himself with Tom (flagrant self-promotion). The individual has received some glancing remarks in reliable sources but only for news artifacts trivial in nature.

I appreciate the main editor's efforts to format the article according to Wikipedia standards, but in order to maintain the integrity of the encyclopedia, articles not meeting notability requirements must be deleted. —Eustress talk 00:34, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:43, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as nominator. —Eustress talk 00:43, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Well, your precis has certainly left some seemingly-important things out, such as Krieglstein being the subject of an interview in PC World. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 00:54, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * (Sorry, didn't mean to leave anything out.) Yes, he spammed Facebook fans of Star Wars. But again, he was not interviewed for any expertise but merely because he happened upon a glitch. Could have happened to anyone with a Facebook account. —Eustress talk 00:58, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * That's an interpretation, the word spam not occuring in the article. &mdash; goethean &#2384; 01:32, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Either way, does not convey notability. —Eustress talk 01:40, 9 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete -- promotion page for individual who clearly fails GNG with flying colours. Bigdaddy1981 (talk) 18:59, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete fails notability and appears to be self promotion per nom. Mo ainm  ~Talk  18:29, 12 July 2010 (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.