Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ash Woolson

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. Fram (talk) 09:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ash Woolson

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Subject does not appear to meet guidelines for notability WP:N. Of the four references listed, two link to his personal photography sites, and the other two do not mention him at all...just the organizations he is supposed to be involved with. This article seems more like an advertisement for the subject's photography and/or political agenda. Arx Fortis (talk) 06:58, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

• Weak Delete If more of the subject's army record was elaborated on then maybe he would be notable but nothing in the article seems to establish notablility for any area of his life. Hammer1980·^talk 10:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Notability not established in the article and unable to find any independent sources. Maralia (talk) 17:26, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
• Wait It seems as if some people think this article is too short. My recommendation is to hang on, as several references will be added to the IVAW website. And as to "nothing notable in his life", this is baloney. You obviously never spent a year in Iraq or six years in the army, and I want an apology also for your unintentional slighting of something extremely valorous and notable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Evan.knappenberger (talk • contribs) 19:37, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

• Comment: Evan, calm down. Hammer1980's comment was "nothing in the article seems to establish notablility for any area of his life" (emphasis mine). The issue is that the article doesn't establish notability. There are hundreds of thousands of servicepeople who have been or are in a theatre of war. However, this article doesn't really establish anything notable (according to WP:N) about this one. The issue is that there are no third-party, reliable sources (WP:RS) able to be found. Some of the links you provided in the article don't mention him at all. The only references that mention him are about his photography...and those aren't third-party sources. Arx Fortis (talk) 21:53, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

• Weak delete per nom. Clubmarx (talk) 04:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletions. —Clubmarx (talk) 04:25, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. There's nothing notable about military service, as countless individuals have served in the military. Does not meet WP:N. freshacconcispeaktome 12:10, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - military service is not notable in the wikipedia sense. There are no reliable sources to esatablish his notability in any of his endeavours. -- Whpq (talk) 14:51, 29 November 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.