Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Shopshire

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 redirect to Mike Shropshire. - Liberatore(T) 20:03, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mike Shopshire

Contested prod that argued WP:BIO Probably non-notable so bringing to AfD for fuller discussion. Eusebeus 15:07, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Speedy Keep, extremely bad faith nomination. As noted in the deprod comments, which the nominator purposely ignores, the subject is conspicuously and undeniably notable as a published author, with multiple non-vanity books listed at Amazon. The article creator misspelled the subject's name, and this more detailed article should obviously be merged with Mike Shropshire. Monicasdude 15:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Comments, is there a reason you're claiming bad faith as opposed to an accident? Kuru ^talk 15:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Other than the fact that the nominator has done the same thing on dozens of other articles, or the fact that he's systematically working his way through the articles I deprodded yesterday after I criticized his nomination practices? Monicasdude 15:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

• Merge, to existing, correctly spelled article per de-prod comments. Kuru ^talk 15:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Redirect, now that the content is merged. Kuru ^talk 21:45, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

• Merge Monicasdude's is quite right, I misread his merge deprod with the later summary (moved Mike shopshire to Mike Shopshire: Caps) and so was looking under the wrong name. Eusebeus 15:40, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as Wknight94 already moved this. ... what I question is why this wasn't just boldly moved when deprodded? --Isotope23 16:36, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

  Redirect to Mike Shropshire. I've already merged the content.--Isotope23 19:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Comment: Both sides of this whole prodding/afding tizzy are guilty of not taking a little extra time to fix concerns with articles instead of blindly deprodding/afding them, which is a significant concern of mine. Kuzaar 17:57, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Comment, I think WKnight only partially fixed the problem here. There is already an article for the author at Mike Shropshire (note the first "r"). He fixed another error, a lower case last name. Hence, move the unique content of this article to the correctly spelled article, and delete or redirect this one. I can't tell you why this wasn't all done out of AfD. Kuru ^talk 19:10, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Comment, gotcha. Content merged. Opinion changed to redirect.--Isotope23 19:56, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

• Keep notable authors and columnists. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 21:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Any chance you could clarify your comment to fit the discussion about this specific article? Kuru ^talk 21:45, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

What more clarification do you need, exactly? Notable authors and columnists should be kept, and he fits the bill. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 21:49, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

No, he doesn't. Mike Shropshire fits the bill. Mike Shopshire doesn't exist. Fan1967 22:03, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I'm voting under the assumption that this is simply a typo that needs to be dealt with. Obviously, the article would be sent to the correct spelling, as articles typically aren't supposed to be moved during an AfD. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 22:07, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

The article already exists under the correct spelling, with more or less the same information. I'd be inclined to Delete this one unless people think it's a likely enough misspelling that it deserves a redirect. Fan1967 22:12, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I say it's possible for sure - hey, it just happened. :) Redirects are cheap. Kuru ^talk 22:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

• Redirect to correct spelling per Monicasdude. —Wknight94 (talk) 14:41, 26 April 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.