Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Marks

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The result of the debate was - kept - SimonP 01:16, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Kevin Marks

Hi Kevin. I like your demonstration. In fact, I've done one too on the same topic. Delete - no encyclopedic content and probably vanity. CoolGuy 05:17, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Yup, I'm for the deletion of this. I have a feeling this article sprung up because I kept removing this same info from the podcasting article, it's just too much irrelevant niche information. Adm58 05:44, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Hi. I didn't write this; someone who knows me and my work on Podcasting did. I'm in a quandary, as it seems I'm not supposed to make it more useful myself (by, say, listing the other mass-adoption technologies I have built ) but instead to rely on the kindness of strangers to do so. Have I got this straight? Kevin Marks 07:54, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I'm against the deletion of this, which I also didn't write.

There are two separate issues here: 1) Is the original entry encyclopedic? No. 2) Would a useful entry about Kevin Marks be appropriate to Wikipedia? Yes.

Kevin Marks (Principal Engineer at Technorati) is a very well-known and influential person in blog circles, both for his technological savvy and for his interesting comments. At Bloggercon 1, he was the undisputed hero of the gathering--see this blog entry for details: http://betsydevine.weblogger.com/2003/10/05#a651

I have tried to make the entry more encyclopedic , because I do think it would be useful to many people. Betsythedevine

A suggestion which might get around the letter of the Wiki-law (well, it bends it a little, perhaps...) Kevin - write an article about yourself as your user page, and tell us when you've done it. Another Wikipedian can then use that as reference material for writing an improved Kevin Marks article. (You can always blank the user page again once it's done, or ask a friendly admin to do it for you :) Grutness|^hello? 13:50, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• 'Keep. Betsydevine has turned this into a reasonable stub and he appears to be a pioneer of podcasting. 203.26.16.66 23:54, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. I recommend that you read Wikipedia:Autobiography. Zzyzx11 | Talk 23:57, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Please don't take this personally but I don't think this rises to the level recommended by criteria for inclusion of biographies. It would be appropriate for your user page but not yet for the main article space. Rossami (talk) 02:32, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Criteria for inclusion of biographies seems strongly biased against those of us who work in non-traditional media. I have produced CD-ROMs that sold in excess of 2 million copies, and museum installations viewed by hundreds of thousands, yet as these aren't Audio CDs or books, they are not discussed there. Again, this is not autobiography: I am attempting to avoid that. Grutness's suggestion seems a good one. Kevin Marks 08:30, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• keep or do what Grutness suggested. CD-ROMs and museum installations should count for biogaphy criteria too. Kappa 23:55, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• keep reasonable stub, but Grutness suggestion is perfect. The best article would be about Kevin - what he's done and how he contributed to podcasting, rather than a verbatim record of a speach he gave. I got to this page whilst researching Podcasting and it really doesn't give me much information about Kevin - but there should be some there so I say keep the page and improve it. Damphlett 08:00, 3 May 2005 (UTC)

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