Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/“Cousin Vinny” Agnello

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. And rename, I guess. Sandstein 11:25, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

“Cousin Vinny” Agnello[edit]

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Sources are YouTube videos and Amazon. Fails WP:NAUTHOR, and can't find any other notability criteria that automatically makes them notable. Dat Guy^Talk_Contribs 15:26, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:22, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:22, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Louis Anthony Agnello and get rid of the "Cousin Vinny" part in the title. If we're going to pick one of his many monikers, I'm personally leaning towards "The Stripper King of New York" (lol!). Seems more famous with the press as an oddball and public figure, and in that regard passes WP:GNG. [1] [2] [3] [4]. Yvarta (talk) 01:43, 30 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How do we merge to a non-existent article? Or was there a now-deleted article there? Colapeninsula (talk) 11:37, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 02:16, 2 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Agnello is a published author with a major agency whatever his background may be. His bookcover carries "Cousin Vinnie" as the authors name and anyone searching for him from the book would be looking for that, not 'the Stripper King' no matter how appealing that might be to some. Cited 'copyright' infringements have been removed, links have been added and we'd like this project to move forward. Any reasonable changes needed will be made but Let us see a list of said violations please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Panamamac (talk • contribs) 14:37, 7 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Out of an idle sense of curiosity, who is the we to which you refer? ♠PMC♠ (talk) 06:52, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 00:53, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for continuing the discussion about this man's journey from lurid stripper to published author. This truly American tale is far from over, and his fans have been asking him, on his recent book tour much of which was picked up by the faith oriented media and well received, why he had no Wiki page.
As we said before if it is matter of content or formatting, adjustments can be made. His 2nd book 'the Vengeance of the Manager is currently available on Amazon with another in work. Interest in the movie rights for Devil's Glove has been shown as well.

Why does this have a quote about "Savannah Morning News entertainment writer Linda Sickler’s profile piece" and not use that profile piece for a source? Hyperbolick (talk) 13:18, 13 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton | ^Talk 23:01, 19 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep He has sufficient press coverage to be notable (including major Florida press and some national publications), and although it's a weak and stubby article right now, issues about promotional content and article titling can be handled. --Colapeninsula (talk) 11:37, 20 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- nothing encyclopedically relevant here; a promotional / fan page. K.e.coffman (talk) 05:01, 22 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I'm discounting coverage in Florida papers as local; but the article cites a fairly lengthy 2017 piece from the San Jose Mercury-News. There's fairly extensive coverage of a 2001 episode in which Agnello provided strippers to a high-school football team's party in Westchester, NY (NY Daily News, NY Post, NY Times). His shooting in a 2008 robbery attempt was briefly covered in the Los Angeles Times and the NY Daily News. I've found lots of coverage of his 2009 conflict with the Subway chain, e.g. CBS News, guest blog at Bloomberg. No editorial reviews of The Devil's Glove at Amazon, and I can't find sales figures for the book; but that doesn't necessarily signify. I'd say that we've got enough coverage over a long enough time to establish general notability, and to put together a decent article. The current article is lousy, but low article quality generally hasn't been accepted as grounds for deletion. Ammodramus (talk) 02:16, 27 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The sources found by Ammodramus, particularly the San Jose Mercury News article, establish that the subject passes Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Cunard (talk) 04:10, 27 April 2017 (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.