Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Steve Romanko

Asking, what needs to be a reliable source. And how much research was done before deleting this entry? Was there any actual searching done? It seems like it was a simple 'show of hands', and hooray, we delete Steve Romanko.


 * Reliable sources (or what we call reliable sources under our policies) are described at WP:RS. A good place to start in talking about what is and isn't reliable is to think about things like magazine articles, newspaper articles, and books that have been through a reasonable amount of editorial control. It's more than just reliability that was in question in discussions like this. The "hurdle" a topic in Wikipedia needs to generally meet if it wants an article in Wikipedia is described at WP:GNG.  Basically, you need multiple sources, each much be reliable (by the general consensus of the community as described in WP:RS), and each must be independent of the subject (not the person's web page, not their press release, even if the press release is reprinted by someone else), and each of those multiple sources must go into a goodly amount of detail  about the subject. It certainly makes the strongest case if the articles have the subject as their own primary topic. A passing mention, such as that here, is considered more a "passing reference" than in-depth coverage.
 * I have looked at something like 4,000 biographies in the past two years as part of WP:URBLPR. I can assure you that *my* part of that search was done with both some seriousness and some experience, even if I don't happen to recall yours in particular. I *do* certainly miss things.  If you have a few sources you think might meet muster, or if you're not sure, drop me a note on my talk page, I'd be glad to try and see if I thought the article could be brought back under these standards.  Or if you don't want to take my word for it, go ask for an opinion over at WP:RSN, and get several opinions. Articles which do meet the policies I describe above are (with some very exceptional cases that aren't at issue here), always welcome at Wikipedia. --joe deckertalk to me 07:30, 8 April 2012 (UTC)