Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. Kevin Tumlinson

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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 delete. Not meeting notability standards for now. FayssalF - Wiki me up® 10:05, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] J. Kevin Tumlinson

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Not notable.

I admit, the reason I found this page was this wonderful discussion at AN/I that pointed out that someone at http://kevin.tumlinson.net was advertising on Craigslist to write Wikipedia articles for hire. That should not, in itself, be a reason to delete this particular article, but should probably to be mentioned.

What should be a reason to delete this particular article is that it doesn't meet Wikipedia:Notability (people). J. Kevin Tumlinson seems to be a fine -- and ambitious! :-) -- writer, but so are ten million others. We should not be the vehicle through which a previously unknown writer finds fame. AnonEMouse (squeak) 18:03, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

By the way, Google can find the "Danny Lee Lawrence Award" on 6 pages, all of which happen to be the resume of J. Kevin Tumlinson. [1] --AnonEMouse (squeak) 18:14, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Does not appear to meet notability standards. Avi 18:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete this lovely autobiography of a person whose encyclopaedic notability is simply not established. Guy (Help!) 18:08, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • A very charming autobiography, but actual achievements and recognition appear limited. Delete. Moreschi Talk 18:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Simply not currently notable. The article can be re-written when he Makes It BigTM. -- Flyguy649 talk contribs 20:07, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Self-promotion. -Jmh123 20:18, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I admit to finding the Craigslist post, and agree that the ad should not be the reason to delete the article. That said, he's not notable. Deleted or kept, I'll certainly watchlist the page. KrakatoaKatie 20:24, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete with a big stick and mighty thwacking. Wikipedia doesn't need vanity press releases. ThuranX 21:06, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Does not meet notability standards. Hal peridol 22:49, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Just not notable yet.--Sandahl 00:22, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Per KrakatoaKatie's comment, the thread on AN/I and WP:NN. Neranei (talk) 02:40, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I'm more notable than that and there's no Wikipedia article on me, and at my current stage of notability, there shouldn't be. (Not really, sadly I only have 36 ghits, although I only checked one spelling of my usually misspelled name, half are from mainstream newspapers, and none were created by me.) KP Botany 03:12, 7 September 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.