Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Computious

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The result was Delete. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-09 09:00Z

[edit] Computious

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Prodded as a non-notable fictional character, subsequently removed stating... actually, I'm not sure what the argument was. Something about women purchasing the cards a lot. Anyway in addition to notability, there's a sourcing problem. By which I mean government records are the only reliable sources. Amark moo! 05:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Let's go through those sources one by one, shall we?
  • 1. Trivial.
  • 2. Trivial.
  • 3. Probably not reliable.
  • 4. Who knows? Legitimate.
  • 5. Not reliable.
  • 6. Not reliable.
  • 7. Citation is not of a specific article.
  • 8. I would find it odd if this source were about the subject, since no one would refer to a greeting card using the verb "deal." Paragraph referenced by notes 5-8 also suggests that these sources are not independent.
  • 9. Trivial, merely a catalog listing.
  • 10. Trivial.
  • 11. Irrelevant to subject.
  • 12. Not independent -- there is a conflict of interest, as you will see if you read the text.
  • 13. Irrelevant to subject.
  • 14. Irrelevant to subject.
  • 15. Not independent.
  • 16. Irrelevant to subject.

--N Shar 06:28, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete This thing reads like an advertisement, complete with embedded (tm) tags. CoI AdSpam. /Blaxthos 09:24, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per all of above. Edeans 10:08, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment: #4 is listed as "Who knows?" I think it unlikely that this article is about a different "27-year-old Washingtonian who discovered she had a yen for cartooning while studying Chinese [and started] selling her own line of greeting cards". This does not dent in a major way the notability argument, in my opinion, but it challenges the nom's assertion that "government records are the only reliable sources". -- Antaeus Feldspar 21:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: Heh, that's my list, not the nom's. The word count reveals that the source is non-trivial, which was what I was concerned about -- thanks for doing the research. And, as you say, the notability argument is not seriously changed. --N Shar 23:47, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. --DMG413 23:59, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

• You editors are tough, but I respect your intent to maintain integrity. Haven't done enough homework to understand publication requirements. Looks like it will take a few years to meet notability standards (one book has been published, but more in the works). Comment to N Shar: not everyone engages in fiction when presenting references! We have hard copies and pdf's of all references, including the article referenced in Note 8 -- newspapers take liberties with word play in their headlines when the subject allows it. Ciao, Neutralw 06:57, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

• Comment. I didn't mean to accuse you of faking anything (although I guess it came across that way). However, the number of times I've thought I knew what an article was about and been wrong, or cited the wrong article, etc. is quite astonishing. You are certainly right about people taking liberties with wordplay, though. --N Shar 00:58, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

• Nice to get your reply, N Shar. It's great that there's a community like Wikipedia with collaborative brainy types. I'll contribute when better prepared.Neutralw 03:13, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

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