Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roland Nicholson

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 as significant coverage in reliable sources has not been produced to meet the relevant notability guideline. Davewild (talk) 19:34, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Roland Nicholson

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Unsourced for any of the claims that are made. And those claims made still do not rise to the level of notability, IMHO. TexasAndroid (talk) 14:02, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - I find lots of stuff for Roland Nicholson Jr. but most of them are minor sites. The article needs to get som WP:RS... even then it dosen't quite seem to pass WP:N. If it were better referenced I'd say merge it into Electoral Reform Society --Pmedema (talk) 15:53, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

• Comment- I understand that Roland Nicholson has been involved in the monitoring of elections in Africa and the Balkans, but my reason for inclusion has to do with his role as an opponent and international spokesperson against capital punishment. I first saw him on a BBC program where he spoke out in support of the EU maintaining the ban on capital punishment among EU members. He invoked the late Hon. Nigel Nicolson and made a stirring call for the universal abolishment of the death penalty. This is why students in my country and others study his writings and the path he took to his position.

{User Guyana Barrister} —Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyana Barrister (talk • contribs) 18:38, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete- This page seems to be about Roland Nicholson, Jr., A page that has been deleted twice per CSD A7(Bio): Biographical article that does not assert significance. There is less information in the current edition of this article than in the previous two that were deleted.Triple3D (talk) 01:13, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

There is also a page, Roland Nicholson,Jr., that has been deleted and locked by an administrator because of numerous attempts at recreation.Triple3D (talk) 02:53, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Delete In that case it needs to be deleted and salted.--Pmedema (talk) 16:05, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

• Keep/Delete/wait I am currently in discussion with the articles' creators. They say they have severatl sources. I have told them the areas they can look up in WP to help with citation and such. I propose we wait until further action by them to try and source the article.Dædαlus T@lk\^{→quick link} 21:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

I would not object to a relist for another five days if there does indeed appear to be progress on sourcing his notability. But even if the article is deleted today or tomorrow, I would gladly userfy it for you and the original author to continue to work on. - TexasAndroid (talk) 12:45, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

OK, lets see what comes up in the next 5 days. No problem here. --Pmedema (talk) 15:35, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Really, neither you nor I will make the descision on relist or not. That will be up to whoever comes along to close it. We can, and effectively have, expressed our opinion that it should be relisted, but someone else will make the actual choice. - TexasAndroid (talk) 20:09, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

I know that we do not, I am asking whoever is in control here to give it 5 more days.Dædαlus T@lk\^{→quick link} 06:00, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sarcasticidealist (talk) 08:58, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Comment - Okay. You got your extra five days, Daedalus969. Make the most of it. :) - TexasAndroid (talk) 13:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I hope I can, I haven't yet obtained a response. Neither from the article creators, or something that my response has been noted, such as sources on the article in question. I may end up moving the article to my own userspace until the article creators can find links to the sources. I honestly don't know what to do here, I'm just trying to help them.Dædαlus T@lk\^{→quick link} 06:07, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete - I have googled the heck out of this article and could not find links to any of the "other writings" talked about in it. I did find letters that Nicholson wrote to newspapers that were apparently published, but no published "works". He seems to be a good guy, but nothing that notable that can be found on the web. There is no evidence that he was even the chairman of the Fortune Society, though he currently is a board member. Triple3D (talk) 00:37, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete.... again - EAGHEAGHEAGH! The buzzer has sounded! Nothing done. To the editor who wanted time to source the article... please don't waste peoples time like this. Sorry... it was Daedalus who was trying to get the editors to fix it up but they didn't respond. --Pmedema (talk) 13:07, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

• *Sigh* Oh well, I tried. It seems they didn't have as much commitment as I thought they did. Even though the timer is up, I still hope they respond at some point in the future to the messages I left on their talk pages noting that I copied the article into my own userspace for them to source without having to worry about the deletion. Thanks for giving them one more chance dear admins, I only wish the creators could have used it.Dædαlus^{→quick link} / Improve 17:52, 25 March 2008 (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.