Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Dane


 * 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. Black Kite (t) (c) 21:03, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Tony Dane

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Non notable person, whose only claim to fame is political organizing and once having run an unsuccessful campaign for state legislative office (meaning he fails to meet WP:POLITICIAN). It also appears to largely have been written by Mr. Dane himself. Lincolnite (talk) 10:20, 27 April 2010 (UTC) Do not delete: Mr. Dane is not only a political activist but a boxing promoter and has changed policy in Nevada. His detractors, has worked hard to make sure that Dane doesn't receive any notability at all. But to Dane's credit he is referenced on other Wiki pages. Note: similar text, from same author, repeated below.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Nevada-related deletion discussions.  -- -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 14:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions.  -- -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 14:25, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. I declined a speedy deletion tag on this article, feeling that there was just barely enough in the way of citations, then tried to revise the article to NPOV.  However, in my search for additional material, I found a remarkable lack of anything from a reliable source; many blog posts and the like indicating what a dimwit the writers feel Mr. Dane is, but nothing concrete.  I believe this is on the verge of notability but upon consideration I think this individual's work is essentially unencyclopedic; he has some notoriety but insufficient notability.  I agree that he doesn't meet WP:POLITICIAN and the coverage is just too sparse to meet WP:GNG.  Accounting4Taste: talk 14:49, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Self promotion, plus many others. &mdash; Timneu22 · talk 16:53, 27 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Do Not Delete. Dane has been a part of Nevada Politics for over 10 years, he has also made news as a boxing promoter.  Dane's detractors work to keep his name out of the news and has failed continuously. As far as Dane's contribution to Boxing those references were deleted and I've since re-submitted them. —Preceding unsigned comment added by  Finderoffacts  (talk • contribs)  22:58, 30 April 2010 (UTC)  — Finderoffacts (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Closing admin please note: the above editor is a single-purpose account whose only edits have been to this article/AfD, and whose turns of phrase seem remarkably similar to the article's eponymous contributor. Accounting4Taste: talk 00:28, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. I've found coverage from CBS, another story from the Las Vegas Sun, and this from the Las Vegas Review Journal, none of which are in the article. -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 11:14, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak(ish) Delete. The nature of the coverage Dane seems to receive is that the majority of it deals primarily with another topic, and then Dane is quoted or mentioned as an involved campaigner.  I don't really see this as being significant coverage sufficient to satisfy the general notability guideline, although it's close.  I would also note that even if this article were to be kept, pretty much the only verifiable information about Dane contains examples of him soapboxing about homosexuality, which is going to make it practically impossible for this article to be both well-referenced and neutral. -- Lear's Fool (talk | contribs) 11:14, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Failed local politician. Simply running for an office on a major party ticket gets you some coverage. None of it seems significant outside of the run of the mill "he's running and here's a little about the candidate" sort of junk. Niteshift36 (talk) 14:33, 4 May 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.