Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Robert Johnston

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. - Mailer Diablo 07:33, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] William Robert Johnston

William Robert Johnston (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Non-notable student. Cool Blue^{Light my Fire!} 21:18, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Clearly notable as his writings have been published both in academia and in the mainstream press as well as his being referred to in blogs. --Lee Vonce 21:34, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Excuse me, correct me if I'm mistaken, but you created the article. Cool Blue^{Light my Fire!} 21:48, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
    • Sure, but you nominated it and I feel I should be able to defend it. --Lee Vonce 22:03, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
      • Well, author's votes only count as comments. Cool Blue^{Light my Fire!} 22:39, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
        • This is an AfD discussion - everyone's "votes" only count as comments. Since when is the creator not allowed to defend their article? - iridescenti (talk to me!) 11:00, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. It looks like he has had less than a half-dozen editorial articles all published in a single mainstream newspaper dating back about six years. Beyond that, no indication that he or his writings have been covered by reliable, independent secondary sources. Mwelch 22:38, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. In this case the columns were in a regional newspaper, and I think it makes a difference. If his writings were notable to the general public, they would have been notice or reprinted elsewhere. The academic work is trivial--he is still a graduate student. DGG 05:51, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per nom & DGG; publishing essays online doesn't make you notable. -- phoebe/(talk) 08:20, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - nothing to indicate any more achievement than any other student. If the works have been published in the mainstream press, why aren't they listed - if the author can provide M.I.N-T.S. then maybe reconsider. - iridescenti (talk to me!) 11:00, 18 April 2007 (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.