Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ed Cone

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. Sandstein 19:52, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ed Cone

Ed Cone (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - (View log)

Tagged for speedy deletion under WP:CSD#A7 but notability is asserted. Not compellingly, though. Looks like he writes a blog and sometimes manages to get the odd article published (I said looks like, not is). No external sources. Guy (Help!) 12:21, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

• Keep The WP Bio standard is for a person to be "noticed" specifically not famous, important, or newsworthy. Ghits are a reasonable standard for asserting that someone is being noticed. I see very high g-hits. I randomly checked the hits to see wheter they were about him, by him or related to someone else. I'm reasonably convinced that he is being noticed and thus a legitimate topic for WP. --Kevin Murray 18:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

• Actually the primary notability criterion is that he has been the primary focus of multiple non-trivial coverage in reliable independent sources. Guy (Help!) 23:20, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, Herostratus 20:30, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 18:13, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per nom, unless reliable independent coverage can be found. Walton monarchist89 19:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, seems like an average guy with an average job. Nothing out of the ordinary. Once I get married, get a job, and have two kids, then I can have my own article? Please. →EdGl 23:02, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete unless properly referenced and sourced i.a.w. WP:BIO by end of this AfD Alf photoman 00:03, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Consensus seems to be leaning toward delete, thats fine with me. this guy is pretty well known in Greensboro, NC, local political stuff as well as being a member of a prominent family (owners of Cone Mills, an important employer, or used to be anyway). i wrote this article cause i read his blog and figured it would be enough to keep him on here. as i am not willing to do the research to prove that he is notable enough to stay a delete is fine with me (though i obviously think hes notable, at least in this limited, regional sense, article does look pretty boring now that i read it though). Jieagles 07:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

ok ive done what im going to do, i basically put his most notable accomplishment, the one that provides nearly all the aforementioned g-hits at the beginning so it reads a little less like what EdGl was mocking and tossed in some sources. Jieagles 17:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I do realize I was being harsh when I didn't have to be. I apologize. →EdGl 18:31, 28 January 2007 (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.