Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Viscardi

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 keep. John254 00:40, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Michael Viscardi

This person obviously created his own Wikipedia article. Considering the sheer number of people who have the same level of accomplishment as he does, it is ridiculous to leave this article here. Cami Solomon (talk) 20:45, 1 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:11, 3 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Plenty of relevant ghits suggest notability, and the ABC article is a reliable enough source of information. No evidence whatsoever to suggest that this is a vanity article created by the subject himself. PC78 (talk) 00:29, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. ~~Erdős number of 3 is evidence of notability.~~ Lots of press coverage of Siemens Westinghouse Competition win. Significantly high level of achievements for a 17 year old. No evidence that this is a vanity article. Gandalf61 (talk) 11:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
DEFINITELY Keep "Sheer number of people who have the same level of accomplishment"?? Has the nominator already forgotten all the headlines about Michael Viscardi from two or three years ago? All the TV news programs, all the articles in places like Newsweek and the New York Times? The nominator should explain with complete specificity the evidence that he created this article himself. I looked at the edit history. I don't see it. Michael Hardy (talk) 22:01, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I disagree with Gandalf61 that his moderate Erdős number has anything to do with notability. But the competition win and concomitant press coverage should be enough, I think. —David Eppstein (talk) 22:14, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Look at List of people by Erdős number, go down to "3" and count the blue links and the red links. Nearly all are blue. Should this one be an exception? I don't think so. Michael Hardy (talk) 22:18, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I have no opinion on this article, but if it is deleted, we'll just remove it from the list. The red links there are intended for people who should eventually have their own articles. Ntsimp (talk) 23:09, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment To avoid controversy I have removed my remark about Erdős number. It was only one of my four arguments anyway, and probably the weakest. My ~~vote~~ considered opinion remains Keep. Gandalf61 (talk) 09:10, 5 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Here is USA Today's article about Michael Viscardi.
- Here is a New York Times article about Michael Viscardi.
- Here is the Globe and Mail (Toronto) article about Michael Viscardi.
- Here is Pravda's article about Michael Viscardi.
- Michael Hardy (talk) 22:25, 4 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
keep meets WP:BIO. JoshuaZ (talk) 20:41, 7 March 2008 (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.