Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Howell

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 of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 00:05, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gary Howell (and Gary Howell/Temp)

Not-notable local politician and owner of a business that fails WP:CORP. He also has a few media citations, but all together this is still a not notable biography. It also seems that the article MAY be a vanity article for User:71Demon based on similar information on his user page. If so, I would be ok with userfying the article. youngamerican (talk) 01:07, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete vanity article. Beno1000 01:29, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete A7 (Vanity) ~Kylu (u|t) 03:22, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as nn bio, corp, and vain. Funnybunny (^talk/_QRVS) 04:37, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable and vanity. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 04:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as vanispamcruftisement and perhaps A7 M1ss1ontomars2k4 04:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete if he gets elected then perhaps keep but until then --MarsRover 05:18, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. But with no predujust against recreation if notability is achieved. ---J.S (t|c) 06:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 06:27, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete If he is elected then he may satisfy the criteria for WP:BIO, "Political figures holding international, national or statewide/provincewide office or members of a national, state or provincial legislature.".  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  06:36, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. -Jcbarr 08:33, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, irrelavent and non-notable DannyM 09:33, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I added Gary Howell/Temp, the copy-vio temporary subpage. +Hexagon1 (talk) 09:49, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, nn. --Terence Ong 14:02, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. DarthVader 14:46, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 15:33, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete vanity, nn. --Srikeit^{(talk ¦ ✉)} 15:39, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Not vanity. I don't see this as a vanity page. He is a public figure and even is considered a celebrity in some circles that is well known in auto racing, racecar building, business, and is a nationally recognized expert on credit card fraud. The wikipedia page about vanity articles says, "There is currently no consensus about what degree of recognition is required to justify a unique article being created in Wikipedia" and "Lack of fame is not the same as vanity." Just because someone is not famous outside of the auto racing industry or credit card fraud legislation advocacy doesn't mean that their page here is vanity. You can find articles about this man in the wall street journal, on the web pages of the CBS evening news, DIY network, IMDB, and Car & Driver magazine just for starters. Looking back at the revisions of this wikipedia entry for Gary Howell, it does look like it was updated to include new info about him and also "vandalized" a few times. If he is famous enough to have his wikipedia entry vandalized, then he is famous enough for this not to be a vanity page. Christopher-B 17:10, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Note: User's first contribution to wikipedia. 01:14, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Note: Its not my first contribution. I had another user ID and forgot my password, so I created a new one. Christopher-B 07:43, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Rjm656s 23:12, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep [non-registered user: Jeff Hartsell] Keep: Gary Howell has been in the auto racing industry for quite some time, and is known for bring innovative parts and great customer service to the front lines. He has also been a great help in building legislation for credit card fraud as well as pushing the government to help protect small businesses. He's been recognized in many journals, tv and books, so therefore it should stay. -Jeff Hartsell; owner of GlacialGraphics.net

User 24.35.21.53 (talk • contribs)'s first contribution to wikipedia. 69.4.137.153 01:14, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Comment: I understand the irony, no need to point it out. :) 69.4.137.153 01:14, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.