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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. Cirt (talk) 00:05, 3 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Burka

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Delete because article fails to meet WP:BIO. There are no independent secondary sources. The lead doesn't even say why Paul Burka is notable. There are two awards mentioned that might go a ways toward constituting minimal notability, if verified. But there is nothing there now. Why did he win those two awards? Has he won any others? Google searches are difficult, because Paul Burka is a political blogger, and as a result lots of other bloggers talk about him. Additionally, he has written a lot for the Texas Monthly, so he frequently shows up in "Paul Burka" searches as an author. He has a brief mention, page 136, in American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville. --Bejnar (talk) 04:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No evidence of significant notability. -RobertMel (talk) 16:35, 24 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- Article doesn't mention why individual is notable. Information on his specific contributions would be neccesary to save the page. -alan1701 (talk) 10:40, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:54, 26 February 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.

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-'''Delete''' because article fails to meet [[WP:BIO]].  There are no independent secondary sources.  The lead doesn't even say why Paul Burka is notable.  There are two awards mentioned that ''might'' go a ways toward constituting minimal notability, if verified. But there is nothing there now.  Why did he win those two awards?  Has he won any others? Google searches are difficult, because Paul Burka is a political blogger, and as a result lots of other bloggers talk about him.  Additionally, he has written a lot for the ''Texas Monthly'', so he frequently shows up in "Paul Burka" searches as an author. He has a brief mention, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vaIdVh8wTrYC&pg=PA136 page 136], in ''American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville''. --[[User:Bejnar|Bejnar]] ([[User talk:Bejnar|talk]]) 04:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
+*'''Delete''' because article fails to meet [[WP:BIO]].  There are no independent secondary sources.  The lead doesn't even say why Paul Burka is notable.  There are two awards mentioned that ''might'' go a ways toward constituting minimal notability, if verified. But there is nothing there now.  Why did he win those two awards?  Has he won any others? Google searches are difficult, because Paul Burka is a political blogger, and as a result lots of other bloggers talk about him.  Additionally, he has written a lot for the ''Texas Monthly'', so he frequently shows up in "Paul Burka" searches as an author. He has a brief mention, [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=vaIdVh8wTrYC&pg=PA136 page 136], in ''American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville''. --[[User:Bejnar|Bejnar]] ([[User talk:Bejnar|talk]]) 04:37, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
 *'''Delete''' - No evidence of significant notability. -[[User:RobertMel|RobertMel]] ([[User talk:RobertMel|talk]]) 16:35, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
+*'''Delete''' -- Article doesn't mention why individual is notable.  Information on his specific contributions would be neccesary to save the page. -[[User:alan1701|alan1701]] ([[User talk:alan1701|talk]]) 10:40, 27 February 2010 (UTC)
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