Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek Hill (teacher)

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. Cirt (talk) 06:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Derek Hill (teacher)

This article does assert that the subject has won 'teacher of the year 2008' in his region, meaning that the article does assert notability. However, the article appears to be stream-of-consciousness-about-something-from-school with no encyclopedic value. This article is unsalvageable, even if the subject is notable. Richard Cavell (talk) 02:06, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note also that Good Olfactory has restored this page with the intention that it go through a full 5-day AfD. The creator keeps on recreating the page, implicitly indicating a challenge to the speedy criterion. And like I said, the article does assert notability. - Richard Cavell (talk) 03:42, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - even if this award can be stood up then, by itself, it would still be be insufficient to establish notability. However, I have not been able to find any significant source on the guy. TerriersFan (talk) 02:55, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Schools-related deletion discussions. —TerriersFan (talk) 02:57, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The western New York "teacher of the year" claim appears to check out based on this link[1]. However, this is a regional award, not sufficient to pass either WP:PROF or WP:BIO, in the absence of other coverage. Nsk92 (talk) 06:35, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —Nsk92 (talk) 06:38, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
weak keep this probably should have been speedy deleted, but now it is here and as i am unable to determine anything other than the award, i have to say the article needs improvement first. it hasn't had time to become more than a stub, so it is too early to delete, give it a year.--Buridan (talk) 13:29, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I doubt very much notability will be established, even if the article is improved. I could not find anything through various searchers. As Nsk92 noted, the teacher of the year award is not the type of award that would qualify him as notable under WP:N.--Eric Yurken (talk) 14:25, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete This is about a teacher who has won an "regional" award, what else has he done to become notable if the award is it then this article should be speedily deleted. Couldn't find nothing on various search engines, I wouldn't even waste time inproving this article for the simple fact that this teacher is not at all notable except for a "regional" award, no improvements needed, just DELETE! Hairy Perry 14:30, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and salt. The regional award is probably enough to put off an A7 speedy, but not enough to save the article. And the author's repeated recreation of a deleted article without going through WP:DRV is problematic. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:23, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.