Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Fotheringham

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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 Keep. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-27 09:17Z

[edit] Aaron Fotheringham

Aaron Fotheringham (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Non Notable. Does smart tricks in his wheelchair, but apart from that your average Joe. Jcuk 21:36, 22 December 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep. Nomination rather understates this person's abilities and the encyclopedic value of the article. While not an overwhelming number of ghits, the ones that do come up provide some notability (in particular, disability websites seem to have an interest in telling this person's story). There is even non-trivial media coverage[1][2] of this person. Agent 86 22:10, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep as he has been the subject of print media articles (one of them is linked in the entry). However, it may require cleanup. Charlie 22:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
  • comment Am actually fairly ambivalent about the article, just want to get concensus on it. However, as regards the above comment, I have also been the subject of print media articles, but I don't honestly believe that confers notability upon me. Jcuk 23:46, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment While I appreciate your view, and find myself in a similar (non-notable) situation, WP:BIO has as its central criteria for inclusion: "The person has been the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person." Thus, by WP:BIO, the subject is notable enough for WP. Charlie 01:32, 23 December 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.