Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard McLester

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:50, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

Richard McLester

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No discernable notability - the external links are all self-generated and not even about the person in question, but about his band. Stijndon (talk) 23:14, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Delete as non-notable. Ironholds 23:15, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

• Delete - this article does not assert notability. Delete the picture too. - Richard Cavell (talk) 00:10, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
• Notability has been confirmed by the Mayor of Poole - there are plenty of references on both the Mayor of Poole`s official blogsite and also the BBC news website. I can't see anything wrong... Greg Tuble 14:43, 2 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.32.180 (talk)
  • Have a look at Wikipedia:Notability (people) for Wikipedia's guideline about biographies. Cheers, Amalthea^Talk 13:03, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Until Mayor of Poole's blog becomes a reliable source, there's only one name drop by bbc, and that's far from significant coverage. --Amalthea^Talk 12:56, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
• There are 3 articles on the BBC website, as well as a television news article + how is the Mayor of Poole´s blog NOT an official source? It documents the entire course of the Mayor´s year day by day, and there are several articles relating to Richard McLester. Greg Tuble 15:17, 2 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.32.180 (talk)
• Also had a look at the Notability Guidelines - notability should be if someone has done something of interest; personally I think the piano stunt referrred to (and referenced) is of substantial interest. Not many pictures on google of a piano actually in the sea ... Greg Tuble 15:23, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
  • "notability should be if someone has done something of interest" - sadly for this dude, that isn't how we define notability here on Wikipedia -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:32, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
• "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded." That is the official wikipedia policy according to their notability statement. I'm not making this up (or reading YOUR interpretation of this). Go and read the policy for yourself, and if you judge that throwing a piano in the sea in front of a crowd of people is neither interesting or unusual, then you are as boring as the "academics" you purport to be. There are three individual references from the BBC and numerous accounts from the Mayor of Poole. Greg Tuble 23:05, 2 August 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.4.32.180 (talk)
• Delete Not notable. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:17, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Seems like a genuine guy; interesting (and I'd say notable!) story with the piano - better than a lot of other things that haven't been deleted gerbilgonzo 22:01, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
  • Welcome to Wikipedia. Please note that this is not a vote, it's a discussion about the notability of Richard McLester. Opinons don't matter as much as policies do, so try to support your opinion by showing that Richard McLester meets any of the inclusion criteria at WP:NOTE or WP:BIO. While the piano dump might have made the newspapers, this is not enough to warrant inclusion in an encyclopaedia. See WP:ONEEVENT for more information. --Amalthea^Talk 21:39, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
• Delete Not a shred of notability as regards WP:BIO. Wheelchair Epidemic (talk) 23:05, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

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