Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dean Trippe

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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 00:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dean Trippe

a nobody Grocer 02:23, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete, no real assertion of notability. Royboycrashfan 02:34, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Although I think the nom's assertion that this is "a nobody" is pretty harsh, I grudgingly agree that the subject doesn't seem to meet our biography guidelines at this time. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 03:06, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn.Blnguyen | Have your say!!! 05:29, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Although I might be predisposed for this as one of the page's authors, it fulfills the biography guidelines for being published in a book in excess of 5000 copies. ChrisArrant 09:59, 2 March 2006 (CST)

Which book? (I didn't find either on Amazon). 5000 printed or 5000 sold? OhNoitsJamie^Talk 06:55, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

• technical keep per User:ChrisArrant. If we have issues with the 5000+ distro guideline, we should reconsider it. — Adrian Lamo ·· 06:04, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Please provide evidence of notability.[1] Then I'll reconsider. -- Krash (Talk) 06:11, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Adrian Lamo. --Siva1979^{Talk to me} 09:39, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Adrian. --Terence Ong 10:57, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Comment No claims as to notability in article. Can a notable achievement be added in order to vote keep?  (aeropagitica)  11:14, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, viewed as notable in field. Recent feature interview at Newsarama.com (already linked in article), which might not sound like much, but that site is pretty much the newssite of record in its field, regularly given access by major publishers and for some years sponsored/hosted by Kevin Smith. Monicasdude 14:56, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - as above. If someone can give me a source for the book sales, I'd be more inclined to change my mind. For example, the article mentions "You Ain't No Dancer" published by the New Reliable Press. What it doesn't mention, is that the You Ain't No Dancer, is a collection of a lot of different works, Dean Trippe is just one of the many contributors. I doubt many people bought the book due to Dean Trippe's contribution. The New Reliable website [2] describes it as a collection of stories from established an up and coming (which I'm translating as unknown) artists. I'm putting Dean Trippe into the latter category. - Hahnchen 15:15, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - Can someone enlighten me to what the Fluke Anthology is? The only relevent thing I seem to find is a reference to the FLUKE mini-comics festival, a collection of small indie comic book artists? Is this correct? - Hahnchen 15:23, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

• Thank you for your comment. I believe the relevant part of the guidelines here to be "... or in periodicals with a circulation of 5,000 or more" -- one writer doesn't prop up a good magazine, but the guidelines recognize their involvement just the same. Since your point isn't otherwise directly addressed in WP:BIO, as WP:BIO apparently didn't anticipate this particular scenario for books, I believe this to be a reasonable reading. — Adrian Lamo ·· 20:50, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. Personal feelings aside on Dean (i'm familiar with his work and I like it), he's not notable enough.  RasputinAXP  c 15:16, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
• keep please as lamo says Yuckfoo 00:06, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per Hahnchen and RasputinAXP. MCB 02:38, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Notable. I think there is some jealousy going on here by User:Grocer! Dwain 21:35, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - This user has been trolling my nominations, because I nominated Sideshow Cinema. --Grocer 18:43, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment - No, this is a user who thinks you have a lousy idea of what is notable and what isn't. Dwain 17:33, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per Hahnchen and RasputinAXP. WP:BIO is a guideline and as such I feel that a technical keep goes against the spirit of it. Regardless, there's still no reliable sources (unless I'm blind) regarding the book sales. I might be inclined to think again if those turn up. Cursive 22:54, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, as above. -R. fiend 22:50, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable enough for me FloNight 13:22, 8 March 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.