Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashley A. Wood

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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:07, 16 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ashley A. Wood[edit]

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Comic book writer of questionable notability. Provided reference does not refer to the subject. Google search on the subject comes back with only 37 unique results - no significant coverage found from independent or reliable sources. TheRealFennShysa (talk) 15:04, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 17:09, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 17:09, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Article's not even finished... I placed a note on that this article saying it was unfinished. Wiki changed it to "This article or section is in the middle of an expansion or major restructuring. You are welcome to assist in its construction by editing it as well. If this article has not been edited in several days, please remove this template" instead. It seems that you're so gung-ho to kill my Wiki articles you won't even let me complete it before you nominate it. I was gathering information, but I don't want to put tons of work into an article only so you can go right behind me and nominate it for deletion. I'm starting to take it personally when you try to say things like a person does not have "significant coverage" or the source isn't "independent or reliable source" or "isn't about her" I'm I missing something. The first reference is from a very popular public radio show. Or do you believe this young girl has own "Chicago Tonight". I understand Wikipedia has a high criteria but the very first link was to a news and information show. She's one of the main faces of the East Coast Black Age of Comics. Rmavers (talk) 17:53, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Our content and deletion policies are clear about biographies of living persons, as indeed is our Biographies of living persons policy. They must be verifiable. Tell us precisely what sources you are proposing to use for writing a biography of this living person. So far you've cited two that don't even support the content that you're writing, and other people's attempts to find sources have come up empty-handed. So where is your information coming from? Sources! Sources! Sources! Uncle G (talk) 01:19, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per lack of substantial coverage in reliable sources. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 03:01, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Not remotely notable; a web search turns up nothing but this article, the usual social networks, and various iterations of that TV interview. I'm quite ready to accept that she's a noted indie comics writer in Chicago, but the bar of WP:CREATIVE is a lot higher. Is she regarded industry-wide as an "important figure" or "widely cited by peers or successors?" Is she "known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique?" Has she "created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews?" Nope. Ravenswing 18:02, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Click the references now there! She has an entire segment dedicated to her on a major news program. Some of the things they say about her are: "Sold out issues and trips around the world", "stand out in the world of independent comic books" "bestselling local artists". Yeah, she is quite notable. Dream Focus 23:31, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"*Comment: Errr, no. She had a segment dedicated to her on a local newscast, and I'd be curious to know the provenance of the assertions that she's had "trips around the world" or that she "stand[s] out in the world of independent comic books" ... beyond, of course, the fanboy murmurings of the local comics' shop owner. You would think, if any of those were true, that she'd have non-local reliable sources attesting to it or have been featured in major industry organs such as Comics Buyer's Guide or the Comics Journal. Neither, so far, has been the case. Ravenswing 03:10, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.cac-tv.com/2009/02/millennia-war-ashley-wood/ The first result from Google is a news bit about her work on Cac-TV. Dream Focus 08:52, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A video blog from a local comedian counts as a reliable source? I truly hope this is just a matter of you not being familiar with the provisions of WP:RS - in which case I recommend reviewing it - because the alternative is that you are familiar and are entertaining hopes we don't check on these sources. Ravenswing 16:42, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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