Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wesley Smith


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 06:09, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Wesley Smith

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Doesn't satisfy the criteria detailed at WP:CREATIVE (which includes journalists), hasn't been widely cited by peers or successors, no new concepts/techniques/major roles/critical attention or significant contributions. ƒ(Δ)² 07:58, 24 September 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
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 * &hellip; but on the other hand, xyr professional career over two decades appears to be documented by several sources. Uncle G (talk) 01:53, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete The nominator is correct about this failing WP:Creative as I don't see anything in the article or the source indicating that this guy has had a major impact on journalism. I also think it fails WP:Notability more generally as the sources used are all routine local news coverage except for one piece from the BBC, which actually looks to be a promo for the guy's show. It is hard to be sure you have checked all the possible sources for this guy as all the searches turn up a lot of references to other people with Wesley Smith in their names, but I am not seeing anything that suggests notability. Rusty Cashman (talk) 08:13, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
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