Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Grimes Poznikov

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:03, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Grimes Poznikov[edit]

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Funny/sad story about street performer, but I just don't see how this is notable. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 18:13, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep You first juggle the categories around for the article and then make a call for deletion; I don't understand. The stub article is completely referenced except for one sentence. Poznikov was part of the seventies street scene of San Francisco. Just because he did not perform on a stage or in the movies does not necessarily mean he wasn't notable. I personally do not understand your addition of the Category of "Criminals from Kansas". All of the people in that category were felons, the crimes Poznikov was accused of were misdemeanors, something that is not necessarily considered criminal in the United States. There is plenty of room for stub articles on Wikipedia and Wikipedia isn't going to "run out of paper" anytime soon. It gives someone the opportunity later to fill in the article and bring it up to a better class of article. Without stub articles, Wikipedia will not be complete and will not have an opportunity to grow. If the article isn't notable then why did you even bother to change the categories? Cuprum17 (talk) 19:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- I have to assume that there is a chance that it would survive a deletion request. If it was speedyable, I would have speedy-deleted it. It is because it was not that I submitted it for discussion. But, in any case, you are misunderstanding the law. Misdemeanors are crimes, and in any case, sale of marijuana is a felony in California. --Nlu (talk) 19:43, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me What did he do now? 18:30, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:41, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Multiple news articles about him from different sources, and plenty in GBooks, one book describing him as an "internationally hailed" musician, with The U-T San Francisco describing him as "one of the city's most popular tourist attractions". Easily passes WP:GNG and clearly shouldn't be deleted. --Michig (talk) 22:47, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- And if that kind of an exaggerated superlative doesn't cause you to ponder about the credibility of the source... --Nlu (talk) 04:20, 4 January 2014 (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.