Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom R. Arterburn


 * 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. JForget 00:46, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Tom R. Arterburn

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Despite multiple external links does not show WP:Notability. Claims to have won a Wall Street Journal award but nothing to back that claim up. Google searches provide few hits and nothing independent about him. Article appears to be an WP:Autobiography. noq (talk) 18:01, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I see little difference between Tom Arterburn's article and that of Kathryn Troutman, who somehow passed muster. The Wall Street Journal award can be photographed and sent to the Editor (noq) for verification. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrnlyst (talk • contribs) 18:57, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a reason for an article to escape deletion. For that, the article needs to show WP:Notability and be WP:Verifiable via third party WP:reliable sources. noq (talk) 19:39, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

I find Mr. Arterburn to be as notable, if not more so, than many of the authors I've researched on Wikipedia. Don't delete! TariqBurney (talk) 19:33, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete NN journalist. Fails WP:BIO. Ms. Troutman got written up in the Washington Post. When this guy manages the same, we might consider something. Ray  Talk 21:12, 11 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:40, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Will PDFs of print articles about Mr. Arterburn help verify his notability? If so, can the editor assist in including them in the article?
 * References do not have to be online - but they must be verifiable - so print articles that identify the publication and issue are acceptable as long as those articles can be retrieved from somewhere. I would like to ask if it is just a coincidence that your user name is also the user portion of an email address used by Arterburn? If not, have you read WP:Autobiography? p.s. please sign your contributions to talk pages by adding ~ at the end of them. noq (talk) 17:12, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

JPGs have been added to the article. Please let us know the status of your opinion of Mr. Arterburn's notability. The coincidence stems from the fact that Mr. Arterburn, his attorney, his literary agent and a number of staffers are all engaged in this process and are using the same computer, email account and user account so as not to "use multiple accounts to reinforce a viewpoint." This said, would you please extend the deletion discussion another seven days so we may provide the content necessary to satisfy your guidelines? We would also suggest Lexis/Nexis www.lexis.com/ as a source for validating Mr. Arterburn's publications and accolades. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrnlyst (talk • contribs)
 * Note, Per wikipedia policy (WP:NOSHARE), you should not be sharing a single account. -- Whpq (talk) 16:54, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment A lexis search for "Tom R. Arterburn" comes up with 1 article, which he wrote, and a search for "Tom Arterburn" comes up with nothing. Doesn't appear to be notable from this. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 17:43, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  01:42, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,   A rbitrarily 0    ( talk ) 18:46, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I went and formatted everything so it looks a lot less ugly. Hope that helps. Silver  seren C 03:33, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete doing the 'news' search generates 4 hits. Doing the search with "Tom Arterburn" (dropping the middle initial) nets 3 pages worth, but they're almost all about a McCook firefighter/?fire chief? who got fired. Doing the search with -mccook nets only 9 hits, some of which are the same/similar to the 4 found with the initial.  Doesn't look notable to me.  David V Houston (talk) 21:21, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
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