Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Boag

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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. Note that apparently the only person wanting to keep who's editted outside of this article and its AfD was Oakshade. W.marsh 18:45, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Paul Boag

Paul Boag (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Article about a Web designer without sources to its notability. Peter O. (Talk) 23:17, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

What does that mean? The web designer runs podcast with the largest listenership on iTunes - is that enough? Rixo (Talk) 03:57, 5 November 2006 (GMT)

    • That's like having uploading your own video onto YouTube and getting 100,000 views—still not an indicator of notability in itself. Delete unless independent reliable sources (e.g. newspaper or magazine articles) are provided that support this person's notability. Kavadi carrier 04:23, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Found him prominantly mentioned in an independent souce in even a current Google news search. [1] --Oakshade 05:43, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Article now includes notable sources such as published magazines and speaking functions. Shiftthis 07:06, 5 November 2006 (UTC)— Shiftthis (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Speedy delete, advertisement ({{db-spam}}), so tagged. The news piece above mentions his podcast - if the podcast is notable, it can have an article. Sandstein 07:47, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
    • That's like saying Jenifer Aniston can't have a page but Friends can. Rixo
  • Keep This articles interesting in the way that paul has quite a big name in web design and development especially the standards and accessibility side of web design and development. Keep This Up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.181.218 (talk • contribs)
  • Keep Paul Boag is an accessibility expert, not only does he produce a pod cast but is an accessibility supporter, this page in not an advertisement, his pod cast allows spreads' the good word about accessibility in web design and how people can make their sites accessible.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.145.188.38 (talk • contribs)
  • Keep Paul is notable within the world of web design, because of his podcasts, public speaking and articles. The article was started by me, and I'm nothing to do with Headscape or Paul, never having met him. I'm just somebody who listens to his podcast and reads his articles. If you look at the page history, you'll notice that I didn't originally add any links, in case that were misconstrued as wikispam. The links were added later by other users, who found the post independently. The fact that other people searched for Paul Boag on wikipedia indicates that he is a well-known person within the field.Rixo
  • Speedy delete Vanity article, let's keep it real. Vyse 13:20, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep This is not an advertisement for his podcast or his company. He really knows what he's talking about, and helping a lot of people making the right choice when it comes to webdesign, and running a website in general. Tursiops33 7:10, 10 November 2006 (GMT)


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.