Talk:Kevin Potvin

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This article was nominated for deletion on 6 May 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 14:15, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

I moved the following edit from the main article (although it looks like previous editor did it ahead of me):

Warning: According to the Globe and Mail, a prominent Canadian newspaper, Kevin Potvin wrote this article about himself in order to inflate his (non-existent) reputation. This is discussed further below. (added by anonymous User:192.250.34.161).

As this article may end up being deleted it may not be worth doing much editing right now, but if it stays the references to Harper's and the Atlantic Monthly should probably be removed - currently the documentation seems to consist of a letter to the editor, not what the average reader things of when "his work" is mentioned in that context. More information on the nature of the "Distance Writing Prize" would be useful. David Oberst 19:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

I put the ^{[citation needed]}tag back on the Geist "Distance Writing" contest, only because there is no reference or info on the nature of this. It would appear to be some sort of annual contest Geist magazine was running in the 1990's. There is no other mention of it on Geist's own site, and almost no other useful Google references other than a mention of a 1996 co-winner ([1]Mansel Robinson]). It wouldn't seem to contribute significantly for notability purposes.

I see no real problem with keeping this article if Wikipedia generally tends to include semi-notable local gadflies (may their tribe increase), although the original version seemed rather misleading. However, I suspect that what would remain is such a small stub that a better course might be to include it as brief paragraph in the article The Republic (newspaper)? David Oberst 06:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)