Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chuck Olsen

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 of the debate was delete - close, but WP:V is non-negotiable - sorry - even if he did meet WP:BIO, which has not been established. All links are blogs, apart from the Wired article, which is misleadingly titled in its link, and is not about Chuck Olsen. Proto||type 09:49, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chuck Olsen

Strong Delete non notable individual. Fails to meet WP:BIO. Vanity Article see WP:VAIN. Notability not established in article. Unencyclopedic content. Strothra 20:20, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

• Hmmm, I've been unsure of this one since it was created. Olsen doesn't have notability from being covered by the mainstream media, and this article doesn't particularly do anything to establish other notability for him (note that the interview in Wired is nothing more than a one sentence quote). However, so far as bloggers go, he is well known. Ultimately, though, I guess he doesn't meet WP:BIO at this point (although I don't believe this article is vanity). So, unless someone can state a good argument for keeping this one, I say delete. ScottW 10:53, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Correction The Wired article contains more than just a one line quote from Olsen. There actually is a little more content involving him toward the end. Its title under External Links is still a bit misleading though. ScottW 10:58, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Keep Chuck is actually a well-known online storyteller in Minnesota. He has received lots of regional news coverage there, and his Minnesota Stories project is cited regularly in journalism circles as a best-practice example of community-oriented citizen journalism. I think it would be a shame to see him deleted just because he's not as well known in other parts of the US or the world. Acarvin 22:38, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

• Could you provide links to these citations? Maybe something outside of a blog? Specifically, can you show that Olsen meets the guidelines under WP:BIO? I'm open to changing my opinion if you can do that. ScottW 23:04, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

I agree, there's absolutely no proof give to your claims. Please see WP:VERIFY. --Strothra 00:53, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

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