Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Merle Terlesky

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 Keep. @pple complain 18:00, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merle Terlesky

Delete. Notability/vanity. I can find no record of Mr. Terlesky holding public office. I can find no biographical information about him except pages written by him or unsourced speculation by those who do not like him. six.oh.six 19:50, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Meets notability, just needs to be sourced. There is tons of stuff if you search around, he also has a autobiography published. Ran for political/public office. He appeared on TV shows as well. --Mista-X 19:56, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- So it's been said on the talk page. It would behoove you or another contributor to add some of this reputable information to the article. :) --six.oh.six 20:22, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This is the version that needs to be sourced. If you look at it, it may change your mind on the AFD. What has happened here is that Merle (and/or someone sympathetic to him) is trying to cover up some of the dumber things he has done in the past. --Mista-X 05:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unless someone produced some reliable sourced and adds some content. meshach 20:55, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Delete~~: ~~Per lack of context. This article has been here for a year. Way to long for the shape it is in. - Rjd0060 21:47, 14 October 2007 (UTC)~~[reply]

Keep: Per the information that was removed from the article. Some of it should be restored pending the keep of this article. - Rjd0060 13:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Despite what some may think, notability must be verified with reliable sources, or else it doesn't exist. No sources, no notability. Period. Change to Keep, as more than sufficient sourcing has been acquired. VanTucky ^Talk 22:15, 14 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article itself, as it stands at the moment, would probably qualify for speedy deletion as (nocontext), it is the slightest of stubs. And everything I read about this guy makes me certain that I never want to be anywhere near him. But I've found a number of sources that I consider to be arm's-length and third-party that are about this individual. For instance, according to this link, the editor of the Kamloops Daily News (Kamloops is the fourth-largest city in British Columbia) published an editorial expose on him, and I quote her: "Terlesky "has managed to get himself in the paper so many times, the stack of stories totals about two inches"." "Ranting at opponents won’t attract many allies to the cause. Susan Duncan, Kamloops Daily News, December 1, 2001." There's also this link and, from a major Calgary newspaper, this one. I don't like what I've seen of his views or his tactics, but I have to say he's notable. Accounting4Taste 00:10, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've just added the citations I noted above to the article. It's still pretty much a stub, but you get the flavour of the man's "societal contributions". Accounting4Taste 00:23, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This article has a bit of a sordid history and still needs quite a bit of work, but anybody who doubts his notability should go through the article's history a bit. Sarcasticidealist 00:42, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The article needs a LOT of work but there is information online that can be used to improve it. AnnieHall 06:01, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Article needs work but Terlesky is a well known activist in Alberta and BC with numerous articles in the newspaper so he is notable. Black as pitch 13:32, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I have tried to further expand and source the article, and, although it's currently a stub, I'm sure it could be improved with a bit more attention. Terlesky would appear to have regional notability as a sometime political candidate in Alberta. -Severa (!!!) 20:57, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Significant enough. CJCurrie 01:49, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As much as I am not a Terlesky fan, he is certainly notable --Cloveious 02:02, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
ULTRA STRONG Keep This guy is a Toronto legend. Anyone on the street can tell you who he is. His noteworthyness is beyond repute. Frank Pais 13:39, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Google new archives here: [1] --Sc straker 13:33, 17 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:HEY. Bearian 16:45, 17 October 2007 (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.