Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gabriel Johnson

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 Speedy deleted per current consensus and implicit user request (page blanked). Dpbsmith (talk) 22:20, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gabriel Johnson

Does not appear to meet WP:BIO. Article created by User:GabeJohnson whose user page redirects to Gabriel Johnson, strongly suggesting autobiography and vanity. Main stated achievement is being "publisher/editor/Chief Contributor" of Florida Free Press, which gets 20 Google hits, none of them indicative of its being an important journal. Dpbsmith (talk) 18:54, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

i am the only one i know ho has an ability to do the types of things such as create wikipedia articles. this is why i do this. i have created several other srticles, one about the word "haterade" which was deleted, and i just dont know what you are looking for here.

(Above is an unsigned remark by User:GabeJohnson)

GabeJohnson, if you are indicating that you want the article to be kept, I suggest that you edit the comment so that it begins with *'''Keep''' just to make that clear. What we are looking for here is an indication that the article is not vanity and that Gabriel Johnson is a person who ought to have an encyclopedia article about him. WP:BIO is one set of guidelines for this; click on the link to read the guideline. Look at the guideline and see what things about Gabriel Johnson might apply. If he has written a book which has won an award, mention the book and the award. If he has been "the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person"--for example, if major Florida newspapers have written about Gabriel Johnson and the Florida Free Press, mention them. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:11, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. And I refrain from commenting on Mr Johnson's contribution (above) to this discussion, other than refer him to WP:BIO. Tevildo 19:07, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

i would like to request that reguardless of any degree of fame or notariety which i amy recieve, that i never be included in your encyclopedia. thank you.

(Above is an unsigned remark by User:GabeJohnson) Dpbsmith (talk) 19:29, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

• In which case, you should blank (delete all the text from) your article. It will then be eligible for a Speedy G7 - see WP:CSD for details. Tevildo 19:17, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

(That will cut this discussion short, which otherwise will continue for about five days. But for the record, that will not guarantee that an article on Gabriel Johnson will never be included in the future, however, should someone decide that Gabriel Johnson has become famous or notorious. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia; like Britannica or any other encyclopedia, we do not include biographies simply because people have requested that a biography of them be included, nor do we remove them simply because people have asked that biographies of them be removed. Dpbsmith (talk) 19:27, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

• Actually, blanking the article doesn't work, as bots will automatically revert the edit. If the author of an article wishes it deleted, he/she should tag it by putting {{db-author}} at the top of the page. Fan1967 20:18, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

I think it might be an idea to mention this on the CSD page. It still says there that blanking by the author is a legitimate way of G7-ing an article - "If the author blanks the page, this can be taken as a deletion request." Tevildo 20:29, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

That should be changed. Edit history shows that Mr. Johnson tried it, and it was reverted within a minute by an anti-vandal bot. Fan1967 20:35, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom and comments by Gabriel Johnson. --Brad101 20:04, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Good luck with that notoriety, bub. Danny Lilithborne 20:31, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails WP:BIO and WP:VAIN. --Coredesat 21:13, 24 June 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.