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Bernard Glincosky

Bernard Glincosky (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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American actor. I’m the creator of this page but after editing I realized subject does not have as many sources as I thought they may have had. I’ll leave it up to you guys whether you think it deserves an article or not.HeroicWarriors (talk) 11:23, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Speedy delete: Fails WP:NACTOR and WP:GNG. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 12:14, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Aero Composite Technologies

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The companies only notable activity appears to be holding the rights to Quikkit Glass Goose for a short period before going into administration. Searching for them bring no useful results (note there is a separate but similarly named company in Malaysia), and sources about the Quikkit Glass Goose only mention them in passing. -- LCU ActivelyDisinterested «@» °∆t° 14:36, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete Wholly unreferenced, scarcely even verifiable. This sort of article might have flied (no pun intended) back in 2005, but in 2024 it falls well short of our standards. Trainsandotherthings (talk) 02:04, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Rusty Fein

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Fails WP:NSKATE; medal placement at the junior level or bronze/silver medals at the senior-level national championships explicitly do not meet the requirements of WP:NSKATE. PROD removed. Bgsu98 (Talk) 02:55, 10 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep: Subject meets the WP:GNG due to WP:SIGCOV such as [[1]] and [[2]]. Let'srun (talk) 13:37, 11 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Frederick Rauscher

Frederick Rauscher (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:NPROF or WP:NAUTHOR. Longhornsg (talk) 03:04, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. Reasonable citations in GS for philosophy. Xxanthippe (talk) 03:42, 9 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]
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• Keep. Meets WP:NAUTHOR. His book Naturalism and Realism in Kant's Ethics is the subject of multiple in-depth reviews in reliable sources.[3][4][5] I already noted this three years ago when declining a PROD so it really should have been checked before nominating. – Joe (talk) 14:42, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Max Bartos

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Only named role is a minor part in a musical which never reached broadway due to COVID. Only SigCov is a single piece interview in local news from 2019. Article created with COI.

No hard feelings to the author who will probably read this, I think they made a good faith to write an article with COI while following Wikipedia's policy, and the quality of the prose and formatting is nice. I hope they consider contributing to other, more notable topics that they do not have a conflict of interest with. BrigadierG (talk) 20:08, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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@BrigadierG Appreciate the feedback on drafting. I have added in news sources as there is SigCov in multiple articles from NY Times, local newspaper, and national magazines. Also added context of Max as a producer and director, and more from times during COVID. His role as Darren was a principal role along with the roles of Brendan, Raphina, and Conor. Disclosed COI because it is the right thing to do, but do not believe this merits deletion since the materials are all sourced and accurately cited and quoted. Also added reference to his work with Tali Golergant as she featured on one of the songs on his album and she is now a ESC finalist. I also appreciate the suggestion to edit other articles and will definitely start to do that. I respectfully ask that the page mark for deletion be removed. Lawhawk 13 (talk) 02:35, 8 May 2024 (UTC)@Lawhawk 13[reply]

• Delete. I had to reorganize this article to figure out what was going on here. This is a clear case of WP:TOOSOON. This young actor appeared in a supporting role in an off-Broadway show that was Broadway-bound but never got to Broadway because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He has not had any significant further theatrical roles. He has produced and directed a couple of amateur shows. He had previously had bit parts in several films in his teens, and a leading role in a YouTube short film, playing Young Shane Dawson, when he was 11. He has released two non-notable albums of folk music and played in bands. Does not pass NACTOR, and most of the refs in the article (certainly the ones in national press) are about the show, not the actor. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:40, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

W09DJ-D

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Subject does not meet the GNG. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 13:00, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  Delete Has no independent references. A search turns up no news or independent coverage - just the Diocese (owner's) page and a handful of results on AV forums and FCC filings. Not notable. Hemmers (talk) 16:01, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to EWTN#List of broadcast television affiliates, where mention of the station is already made and outside the usual splices in of local masses fed by automated cameras they just carry the network near full-time. Nate • (chatter) 16:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to EWTN#List of broadcast television affiliates: Even with a history going back to at least 1990, there's only so much that can be said about what is basically a run-of-the-mill Catholic television station reliant on EWTN product. A remnant of the looser standards of 2006; it does not need to be anything more than an ((R to list entry)) in 2024. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:14, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of Germantown Friends School alumni

List of Germantown Friends School alumni (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Fails NLIST, sources not found showing this has been discussed as a group by independent reliable sources.  // Timothy :: talk  15:54, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There is no independent sourcing here, the list seems to have resulted from inside sources, therefore this list rests on an unreliable NPOV and is probably very one-sided. We have no way of knowing about all the "other" alumni who are not listed here, perhaps because they don't convey the same flattering message. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 17:01, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep or merge / redirect to Germantown Friends School I'm not sure if a WP:BEFORE check was done, but a spot check shows that the overwhelming majority of the individuals listed are notable and that the standard of WP:NLIST is met and will be further enhanced by the addition of reliable and verifiable sources for those already listed. Worst case is that the list should be merged and redirected back to the article for Germantown Friends School, which is where it started in the first place. Either way, non-notables should be removed and more sources added in addition to the ones I have added and plan to add. Alansohn (talk) 19:38, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge back to parent article. Not convinced there is any need for a separate article. Ajf773 (talk) 21:45, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge back to parent article as is standard for these lists. Mangoe (talk) 22:40, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Don't merge because the list is too long for the ex-parent article. --Melchior2006 (talk) 06:30, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Germantown Friends School. Although not an independently notable list per NLIST, there is guidance somewhere about splitting out lists of notable people from articles where the list becomes excessively long. I think the guidance may actually be for places rather than schools, but it is good advice where the list overwhelms the article. Some of those lists can have hundreds of entries. In this case the list has a very impressive 43 named notable alumni. That is a lot for a school, but is it so excessive that a spin out is required? I don't think so. The list is unlikely to grow significantly from here, and 43 is by no means excessive. I also note that we have a category giving the same list as a standalone page. This page would be better placed in the school article. I note that Melchior2006 has a different opinion on that, but there is no SIZERULE case for a split, and the solution to the size of screenspace absorbed by this list would be to expand the article. With this many notable alumni there must be more that could be said about this school. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 07:48, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Gary L. Coleman

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NMUSICIAN. PROD was contested with sources from IMDB and of relatives being added, which do not establish notability. GMH Melbourne (talk) 00:41, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: Ineligible for soft deletion.
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Robert McGee

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I'm usually sympathetic to pages on perpetual students but I couldn't find enough reliable sources for this person besides that he got a bunch of degrees and is a professor. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 18:57, 24 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: Interesting human interest story and I'm amazed he hasn't been featured in NPR or something... I don't see anything we'd use, no news coverage, nothing, for sourcing. Oaktree b (talk) 00:12, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Other than mentions of his degrees and being a professor, I cannot find anything to convince GNG.-- Tumbuka Arch (talk) 11:33, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Independent sigcov appears in the Fayetteville Observer (more, book review) and Miami Herald (cont., later). His Google Scholar may suggest an NPROF pass too but I don't know the field well enough. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 14:49, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep -- I think the multiple sources with SIGCOV provided by Hameltion are enough for a GNG pass. JTtheOG (talk) 02:24, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep per GNG and per WP:NPROF#1 based on his GS profile, he seems to be highly cited for his field in ethics/philosophy. Also there is enough evidence for a GNG pass.--hroest 07:37, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. As well as the case for WP:PROF#C1 we also have a case for WP:AUTHOR through multiple published reviews of his books [6] [7] [8] [9]. Each case is borderline but I think together they're enough. —David Eppstein (talk) 07:01, 2 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Heavy self-citation makes WP:PROF#C1 unusable. The subject overwhelmingly cites himself, never seen this before. See my comment below. Lekkha Moun (talk) 17:39, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep Passes GNG. Easily searchable on google and has a myriad of academic articles. BlackAmerican (talk) 08:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment that this article was previously AFD'd under another name. Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert W. McGee BlackAmerican (talk) 08:08, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I am considering this article strongly in favour of deletion. In 2022, the article was deleted (AFD#1 Robert W. McGee) and recreated under Robert McGee. The AFD#1 Robert W. McGee is a very interesting read where the subject joined in, seemingly WP:BLUDGEONING in order to justify his article. In terms of martial arts, he has accomplishments to be proud of but nothing to show WP notability, his martial arts championships are in senior age (limited participant divisions). Unverified claims such as "1020 medals" looks like Self promotion/vanity page. I also have a huge problem almost all the citations in the article. Citations such as "AT 72, ROBERT W. MCGEE IS JUST GETTING STARTED" published by Union Institute & University where the subject earned his PHD is absolutely non-independent and unreliable. As another user mentioned, (and I verified) if you look up the work of the subject called “The ethics of tax evasion: Perspectives in theory and practice” the majority of the citations in this work are self-citations from the subject other work. Another of his work “Why people evade taxes in Armenia: A look at an ethical issue based on a summary of interviews”, we noticed self-citation rate of around 80%. Most of the sources are from his own works/self-published. It’s quite concerning. Heavy self-citation technically makes citations WP:PROF#C1 unusable. Lekkha Moun (talk) 17:35, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Maybe that reduces the case for #C1 notability, but your rant about how all of the other stuff he did is uninteresting does nothing to address the case for WP:AUTHOR notability, and the multiple published reviews by other people of his books. Let me spell that out: we have multiple in-depth sources about his work, independent of that work and reliably published. That also passes WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:43, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  I believe article would need an entire rewrite if we base the notability off this criteria (WP:AUTHOR), as barely one sentence mentions his authorship. As for the reviews you mentioned, as you said, I find them borderline and not very compelling. I may be wrong, but I'm not at all convinced of the subject's notability as an author based on WP:AUTHOR, but I would be happy to change my vote if more info is brought forward to strengthen the case for WP:AUTHOR. Edit: I noticed your "Delete" vote on the Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert W. McGee. I still see evident self promotion as you mentioned and I still don't see great coverage to meet GNG. I am wondering what made you change your mind? Lekkha Moun (talk) 19:18, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Clearly, I didn't find the books and their reviews during the previous AfD. So now I have new evidence for notability that I didn't have earlier. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:49, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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