Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Calder

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 Keep Eluchil404 02:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simon Calder

Vanity - contradicts Wikipedia's Vanity policy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by London23 (talk • contribs)

• Strong Keep I find clear evidence of this individuals notability by doing a quick google search. He has written several books and has featured articles on the bbc website. The article itself needs to be sourced and cleaned up but IMO he meets WP:BIO and this article could be greatly expanded. DrunkenSmurf 20:55, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete It is self proclaiming and merely features a non-sourced quote from a motoring journalist and some family information. This is a violation of WP:VAIN and whilst he may have appeared on Television a few times, this isn't notable. He is not famous and a few google hits is not sufficent evidence to warrant inclusion. This entry should be moved to a user page. London23 21:19, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep. He is very well-known here in the UK, the information seems fine and verifiable, and I don't see any evidence that it has been added by the guy himself as a vanity article. David L Rattigan 21:28, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep. He co-wrote Travellers' Survival Kit: Cuba and also an In-Focus guide to the same country. It's not necessary to be famous to be included in Wikipedia: the vast majority of pages even for published articles are not about people who could be considered famous. But he is notable, the article's a well-written stub, and he seems productive enough that there will likely be growth in this article over time. Interlingua ^talk 23:13, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep. He's a well-known individual. BillC 00:44, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He is notable - a highly-regarded travel journalist. Rhion 06:11, 16 June 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.