Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Kohler

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 no consensus. A Train^talk 14:43, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chris Kohler

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Does not seem to pass notability requirements (honors in field, etc. ) Avi 12:22, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Quick search does support the statement that he has written for Wired, and the 2 books mentioned do appear on Amazon. This seems to pass notability regarding appearances in mainstream media. The article does a horrible job of supporting notability, so should be tagged for cleanup, but not deleted. Arakunem 18:40, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Not notable, possibly a WP:COI--NightRider63 19:52, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
• Keep- notable enough per Arakunem, no evidence to contrary, AGF.JJJ999 01:03, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Satori Son 19:58, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

Comment I added some citations to the Wired Blog, and his 2 published works. This should help to establish notability as a published author and regular columnist in a mainstream media publication. Arakunem 13:59, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Being a published author is not in and of itself an indication of notability (referring to WP:BIO). The references provided to date establish that Chris Kohler is an author. However, book sales portal descriptions of a book written by him do not constitute independent 3rd party sources that discuss the book(s) or author as the primary topic; in the first book site link, the site is published by the publisher of the book - a conflict of interest. I've done some brief follow-up online searching and not found evidence of 3rd party reliable sources that would fulfill the notability criterion. Perhaps at some future time, Chris Kohler will "breakthrough" to notability, but that time has not yet come. --User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 14:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

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