Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Lyle Stevik (2nd nomination)

Not forum shopping
I'd like to note that this nomination was in no way "forum shopping by hahnchen", a claim made by Paul Austin. It was I who brought this article to Hahnchen's attention, and Hahnchen was able to put it up on AfD because I was too busy at the time. Kingturtle = (talk) 16:20, 20 April 2015 (UTC)

The reasoning behind by support to delete this article
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a repository for unsolved mysteries. Nor is it a place to help secure the identity of missing persons. Wikipedia is not to be used as a tool to identify these people with is exposure. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia. It doesn't matter if he was a nice guy or if his family is suffering because of his death. What matters is whether or not someone is notable enough to merit a Wikipedia article.

I was too busy and then on holiday, so I could not chime in on this debate. Here's the bottomline. On Wikipedia, notability hinges on significant coverage in reliable sources. Lyle Stevik doesn't meet that simple criteria. co.grays-harbor.wa.us, missingyou7.blogspot.com, doenetwork.org, and dentifyus.org are the only sources. None of them are significant. He is not (and has not been) talked about in mainstream media, no major books, not a headline in national or international news. His death did not garner widespread coverage. Simply non-notable.

Being non-notable doesn't mean he's insignificant, it just means that he isn't worthy of an encyclopedia article.

Kingturtle = (talk) 16:40, 20 April 2015 (UTC)