Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roger McCartney

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 of the debate was delete. Shanel ^§ 03:53, 26 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Roger McCartney[edit]

Prod tag removed with no reason given. Google search for ""Roger McCartney" "Message from Mars"" (which a former version of this article gave as the title of his column) turns up 3 unique hits, all from the same site. This article reads like an ad, too. Icarus 20:48, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, I don't think there's enough to justify WP:BIO right now. Maybe if the caveman book becomes popular -- Samir (the scope) धर्म 21:12, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No assertion of notability. The article reads like a press release from the subject's agent. (aeropagitica) (talk) 21:13, 20 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do not Delete I searched Google for this author and he came up loads of times, and several of them are news items.

—the preceding comment is by David Janes - 18:40, 20 April 2006: Please sign your posts!

Delete. The Caveman book is self-published by an online vanity press. His column does not 'appear' in the US metro- ONE of his columns HAS appeared, not in the print version, but on rather what seems to be the online repository for reader's contributions (see here) the 'Metroblog'. A google search for "Woman magazine" "roger mccartney" returns 3 hits- all of them self-contributed to the vanity press website. The above contributor- User: David Janes - is the author of the article and sole material contributor. His only edits are to Roger McCartney. Roger needs to cut into his savings and get himself a better agent. DELETE WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE. Badgerpatrol 01:27, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I thought that the whole purpose of Wikipedia was that of an encyclopaedia. So that if someone was interested in finding out who Roger McCartney is - and judging by the news articles quoted above - he has some notability, then they could use Wikipedia to look him up and find out more about him. The question is is this person notable? The facts are he writes for "Woman" Magazine, readership 1.2 million. He writes for Metro newspaper - IN THE PRINT EDITION! He has a book out, self-published or not and he broadcasts on radio and TV in the UK. —the preceding comment is by David Janes - 17:21, 22 April 2006: Please sign your posts!

This AfD is being relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that a decision may usefully be reached. Please add new discussion below this notice. Thanks!
Tawker 08:16, 25 April 2006 (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.