Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Andrew Dunckelman


 * 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   no consensus.   A rbitrarily 0   ( talk ) 22:55, 19 July 2010 (UTC)

William Andrew Dunckelman

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The only claim to this person's importance is Dunckelman was named as one of America's top ten youth volunteers and recieved a national Prudential Spirt of Community Award for his outstanding volunteer community service. This does not seem to meet notability guidelines. &mdash; Timneu22 · &#32; talk 16:45, 6 July 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:00, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak DeleteIf he has received significant coverage in multiple reliable and independent sources, then he satisfies notability, unless he is known for only one thing (per WP:BLP1E). He started a program "Project Fine Arts Motivating the Elderly" when he was about 12 which provided arts materials worth at least $30,000 to nursing home residents in 10 states. He received national recognition for this, such as USA Today in 2002  and Buffalo News and other out of state papers in 2005. Other local press results show he received other local awards for this work, or in a baking contest and suchlike. He seems a young person with promise, but so far does not appear to satisfy WP:BIO. Edison (talk) 17:45, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- —  m o n o   21:35, 6 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Weak Keep - The guy does seem to get around, and for somebody his age he certainly has made an impact in his community. Apparently he was even quoted extensively in a newspaper article about a recycling program in Louisiana (http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20090724/ARTICLES/907241004).  For me this one is right on the line in terms of notability, where what he has accomplished certainly makes his contributions stand out in a crowd, but it is still rather modest.  I don't know what to think about him showing up in the news for several issues above and beyond the initial claim to fame.  Unfortunately, the real reason I'd like to keep this article isn't really valid as it is sort of a crystal ball hope that this guy might make something more of his life and become notable in the future.  He does meet the very hard nosed technical qualifications for notability (sort of stretching the imagination a bit), but is that enough?  --Robert Horning (talk) 00:20, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Smells like a vanity bio of an aspiring young pol, but his role as founder of Association of Cajun Americans < http://www.lsureveille.com/entertainment/cajun-french-and-creoles-celebrate-tradition-heritage-during-christmas-season-1.2110387 > probably suffices as notability. Carrite (talk) 16:08, 13 July 2010 (UTC)
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 * Weak Keep Borderline, but I agree that if not very notable now, could easily become so in the future. --DThomsen8 (talk) 16:47, 23 December 2010 (UTC)