Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rod Summers

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 Speedy Keep. SynergeticMaggot 04:14, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rod Summers

Withdraw nomination The article has improved dramatically and now has sufficient claim of notability and enough verifiable content to let it evolve naturally. Dlyons493 Talk 01:49, 24 July 2006 (UTC) The article has had multiple tags removed without content change. Most recently it has been deprodded with a request for more time. I doubt if notability can be established for this person, but if it is during the AfD period I'll happily withdraw this nomination. *Delete as per my nom. Dlyons493 Talk 08:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC) This is not at all true. As I've mentioned to Mr. Dlyons 493, I'm new to this Wiki business and I thought one could actually be allowed to begin an article before it's excoriated for lacking all the things I'm attempting to put into the article in the first place--including refs! What is significance in mail art? I ask. How does one prove that? Mr. Summers has been working in all of these fields--including mail art--since 1973 and I believe you're too quick on the draw, Mr. Dylons 493. Didn't I read someplace that it was common courtesy to notify a writer before one deletes text? Or did I just imagine that? White flag up here and please let me write this article before you delete it. Thanks, Jesse

• Comment- Consider the clock ticking. The stub, as it stands, does not meet WP standards as noted, but I'm willing to wait a couple of days to see how it improves. I think the tags on the article give plenty of explanation as to what needs to be done. I will further refer you to WP:NOT, and WP:BIO. I am also willing to try answer questions on my talk page. Tychocat 12:56, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - The article just got placed. Before nominating for deletion, at least give the article a chance for improvement, and to have the tags addressed. Without spending a lot time looking, it does appear that the artist may be notable enough for an article. But I'll reiterate, give the article a chance for improvement. -- Whpq 15:08, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Sources are cited, the guy has been featured on CNN. He's notable enough under WP:BIO and satisfies WP:V. This article needs a big cleanup, but it's not deserving of a delete. Allisonmontgomery69 16:03, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -First, thanks to Mr. Diyons for his help in working with this text, and to both of the positive voters here. Next, some plans: I want to mark the Summers article clearly as a stub today, and to continue to add to the text. I'm trying to provide some context for Summers' art activities with my ref. to "first wave, second wave" intermedia artists and will try to expand on this. If you could please remove the screaming deletion notice, which is literally a dark cloud under which I must work--but keep the discussion--I'd really appreciate lessening the psychological tension here. This is a heck of a lot of work to do "under the gun" as it were! Your cooperation ferevently asked for. This article deserves to exist. Thanks! Jesse
• Comment-Thank you so very much! We'll continue to work at it. Jesse

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.