Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Girvin

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 delete. Mackensen (talk) 15:40, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] James Girvin

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James Girvin (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Writer of the entry says that he is a respected political and humor writer on the campus of Boston College, however I fail to see how the subject passes WP:NOTE and WP:BIO. JRHorse 17:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - columnist for a college newspaper is insufficient -- Whpq 17:34, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - as per above. Frexes 18:40, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - I think it is important to recognize the achievements and scholarship of college students especially if they have made a significant impact to their school also it notes that he is a humor writer for collegehumor and a political writer for his paper. DMDA54 21:31, 4 December 2006 (UTC) — DMDA54 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Delete Fails WP:BIO and WP:NOTE. Hello32020 21:38, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Hello32020. Wikipedia is not ego-boo for well-meaning people. --Dhartung | Talk 23:45, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Closing admin: don't overlook the linked images. --Dhartung | Talk 06:01, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - I am avid collegehumor reader and fondly remember James Girvin. Besides, it's nice to see a few entries on this website that don't take themselves too seriously. Co1dnovemberrain 19:31, 5 December 2006 (UTC) — Co1dnovemberrain (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. .
• Keep - subject has made significant contributions to struggle for racial and sexual orientation based equality on Boston College Campus, as reported in various national newspapers Ddgdl 20:02, 5 December 2006 (UTC)— Ddgdl (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Keep Without James Girvin in my life I would cease to be able to have a smile upon my face. He is a warm and funny human being who touches all that he speaks to. If you are to remove him from this website you might as well removes Gandhi, Moses, and Jesus Christ. Do not make a horrible mistake and remove recognition from a person who surely could touch many lives. Thank you. Peace to all.Hughesbi 00:11, 6 December 2006 (UTC)— Hughesbi (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 00:11 6 December 2006 UTC (UTC).

James Girvin WikiWebGeneral 05:24, 6 December 2006 (UTC)is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life. — WikiWebGeneral (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

I feel that any person should be entitled to a page as long as the page is useful to others who may find what that person does interesting and useful as long as these arent personal adds or jokes. Why does allowing James Girvin to have a page hurting anyone. You allow people who have done zero for society like Paris Hilton to have a page but you don't allow good people have one. — JDD1985 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at UTC 14:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC).

That Paris Hilton has an article is not a reflection of her value to society. Wikipedia's notability guidelines are not based on whether a person is good, or whether it isn't "hurting anyone". There are blogs and free web hosts for singing the praises of someone. Wikipedia is not a free web host.--Dhartung | Talk 20:54, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I looked at the notability guidelines and I feel that this subject fits very nicely within the bounds of Wikipedia. I understand why Paris Hilton is here and I was just making a point much like the James Girvin Article. The article is not singing the praises its just giving information about a topic that a lot of people want to know about.JDD1985 21:41, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete article completely unencyclopedic. In my mind, the jury's out as to whether the subject is any more deserving of a Wikipedia article than any of the 30 other James Girvins that were unearthed by Google search... but even if he were, this article would need to be scraped clean and started anew. Right now I remain unconvinced that a regular column on a college newspaper and a pair of blogs raises him to the bar of WP:BIO. B.Wind 06:52, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

• Keep- Writer is notable contributor to significant college website (CollegeHumor).Shinealight 13:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

I fixed it and article reads more like an encyclopedia article. I think with these changes the article should be kept . JDD1985 19:57, 9 December 2006 (UTC) — JDD1985 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• Delete, not even close in meeting any of the notability guidelines. -- Steve Hart 14:20, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

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