Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wil Harris

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. Xoloz 16:09, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wil Harris

Current version of the article is about Wil Harris the journalist. Prior to recent edits, the article was about Wil Harris the musician, which has been moved to Wilbur roger harris. Wil the journalist appears to be non-notable, failing WP:BIO. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 17:43, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

• delete non-notable with google search yielding only 56,700 hits, only a couple of which actually refer to this individual. will381796 22:42, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Google "Wil Harris" brings back 1.9m results: Top two results are bit-tech, the next is an article on the Register, then Wil's Flickr account, then his blog, then this Wiki entry. Would dispute non-notable. User:Pinkboy 10:18, 17 August.

• Comment: Google Wil Harris with the quotation marks and you only get 56,700 hits. Exclusion of the quotation marks would find every webpage containing "Wil" as well as every page containing the name "Harris," of which there are sure to be many. will381796 18:27, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Sheer number of google hits doesn't confer notability. There are many Wil Harris's out there; just because this particular Wil Harris is notable enough to get some of the top entries doesn't make him notable in general. Can you cite specific instances that make Wil meet WP:BIO? Thanks --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 12:29, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment: Good point. Although there are plenty familiar with his work, I can grant you that there isn't a specific instance that he meets in terms of WPBIO. Given that, perhaps better to delete! Pinkboy 17:09, 17 August 2006.

• Comment: Ok, thanks for your input. There's still about 4 days until this AfD expires, so if you do run across any notable references for the fellow, feel free to add them to the article or mention them here. I'm not averse to changing my opinion if some further information is dug up. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 18:54, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment: Article should not be deleted because it meets item#6 of the WP:BIO! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Joeby99 (talk • contribs) 12:22, 19 August 2006 (UTC) — Possible single purpose account: Joeby99 (talk • contribs) has made little or no other contributions outside this topic.

Comment: I assume you mean point 7, "Published authors, editors and photographers who received multiple independent reviews of or awards for their work"? If so, could you kindly point us to the multiple independent reviews or awards for his work? --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 20:01, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment: I actually was referring to the paragraph on where Notability can be determined by a large fan base, fan listing or "cult" following. Since "Twit" has a large fan base/cult following and Mr Harris as a regular speaker, I think maybe he fits the criteria. Joeby99

Comment: Hmm, ok that's possible; however just because "Twit" might have a large following doesn't necessarily mean that someone on the program has a large fan base him/herself. Is there any evidence anywhere (in a reliable source) that Will himself has a large fan base? --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 16:44, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment: Mr. Harris is also editor in chief of bit-tech.net which is a leading online hardware publication that ranks higher in traffic than elvis.com according to Alexa[1]

Comment: that fact doesn't necessarily make him notable. The crux of the matter is this: if Mr. Harris himself hasn't been written about in other reliable sources, then he doesn't pass notability guidelines. --AbsolutDan ^(talk) 20:27, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Amusing transformation from musician to journalist, but that's not relevant. "wil harris"+journalist gets only 138 distinct Ghits, which seems to belie notability; no multiple third-party non-trivial articles, no national awards. Claim of "cult following" is interesting but not verifiable. Tychocat 09:18, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Tychocat. Does not meet WP:V or WP:BIO. --Satori Son 17:34, 25 August 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.