Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson

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. Courcelles 21:06, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Iceland-related deletion discussions. —Xyz1881 (talk) 19:09, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson[edit]

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1) Discussion on the Icelandic wikipedia concluded that Hjörtur J. Guðmundsson was not notable enough to warrant a special article. Discussion in Icelandic
2) The Article mentions that Guðmundsson is a "director of the conservative free-market think tank Civis" - a Google search doesn't turn up anything about this think tank.
3) Being a fellow of a think tank called "The Copenhagen Institute" does not constitute notability.
4) Heimssýn, the political organisation promoting euroscepticism in Iceland, has 41 members [1] Just being a board member can hardly meet Wikipedia's notability criteria.
5) The article reads: "Since 2010 Guðmundsson has worked part time as a journalist at the Icelandic daily Morgunblaðið." I don't think I have to comment on the significance of this.
6) Guðmundsson also co-founded this political organisation called "Flokkur framfarasinna". It was discussed at some length on the Icelandic wikipedia if this could warrant a special article on GuðmundssonDiscussion in Icelandic (I was originally in favor but later opposed it). The reasons why the Icelandic wikipedia opposed it was: a) This political party had insignificant membership (≤100), b) it never stood for election, c) it was dissolved only three years after its founding. While this political organisation might warrant a short article on the Icelandic wikipedia, it was concluded that there was no need for a special article on its founder. Xyz1881 (talk) 19:09, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Question: In the article, you wrote: "Guðmundsson first rose to fame in Iceland in 2001, when he co-founded a political party called Flokkur framfarasinna."[2] Do you still believe that Guðmundsson is famous in Iceland? Peter Karlsen (talk) 19:18, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, as I said, I have accepted the reasoning of the administrators on the Icelandic wikipedia who claimed that Guðmundsson was not in any way famous in Iceland. Xyz1881 (talk) 19:23, 10 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:52, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete in the absence of evidence that he passes WP:GNG, in the form of reliable sources about (not just mentioning) the subject. All I found in Google news archive was a single German-language story that mentioned him but did not seem to be about him. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:15, 13 September 2010 (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.