Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brad Patrick

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 Redirect to Wikimedia Foundation. Johntex\^talk 02:57, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brad Patrick

With all due respect, Brad does wonderful work for Wikipedia - however, I don't think he is notable enough in a typical encyclopedic sense to warrant an article. At minimum, I think merging the content to another page about Wikipedia would be a good compromise, but at the moment, my inclination is to delete. It is analogous to a bibliography of a respected citizen associated with a respectable corporation, but nonetheless, this particular case inclines on the side of being not notable. I would like to encourage some thoughtfulness in this AfD - granted, if the page ends up being deleted, it does not mean that it cannot be recreated later - it simply means that the current form of the article is suggesting that, say, for example, there isn't quite enough public, easily accessible material to write about the subject. HappyCamper 13:35, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete under WP:CSD A7. Or, move to Wikipedia: namespace - Liberatore(T) 13:45, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

  As an alternative, this article could be redirected to Wikimedia Foundation since being its executive director seems the only possible claim of notability. - Liberatore(T) 13:48, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect as per Paolo. Proto///type 14:43, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, I originally proposed the article for deletion, but that was contested by Essjay. Same reasons as the prod. Prodego ^talk 15:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Just to clarify, since Prodego left it out, I contested deleting it without discussion; I have no issue with it being deleted, but I think it deserves to be discussed, as the articles on Jimbo, Angela, and several other Foundation officials were proposed for deletion and kept. Essjay (Talk • Connect) 07:41, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

• Respectfully Delete pending more verifiable, public information and attention. Redirect a good idea per Paolo. GChriss 20:04, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect if not outright delete. I had no idea someone would put a page up at this point, and I agree completely I am not notable right now. I started a FAQ to let folks get to know me a little better, and the encyclopedia would probably be better served by letting this go completely. If someone comes looking for me in the mainspace, I think pointing them back to the WMF site is more graceful (thank you for the suggestion, Paolo). I should have something up there soon as part of the bigger attempt at making sense of the Foundation site.--BradPatrick 04:35, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect to Brad's user page per, um, Brad. :) --M@rēino 18:05, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• I believe he meant redirect to Wikimedia Foundation. Prodego ^talk 18:18, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Interim executive director of Wikimedia Foundation – that's pretty big. __meco 22:43, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect for now. bogdan 11:58, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
• Redirect per Paolo. GeeJo ^(t)⁄_(c) • 15:17, 21 June 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.