Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Slagle

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 no consensus. j⚛e decker ^talk 04:48, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Slagle

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The subject of the article, a comedian and writer, does not meet the criteria for inclusion established at Wikipedia:Notability (people) -- "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject." Looking at the references in the article, one, The Advocates, is a promotional page. The other two, a CNN story about TV shows and a Filmfodder movie review, only mention Mr. Slagle in passing, the latter even referring to him as "unknown comedian Tim Slagle". I tried to find more reliable, third-party references, but the only one I came up with was this interview on Minneapolis City Pages -- but that's about Mr. Slagle being adopted and finding his birth family, not about his stand-up comedy or his writing (and it also might be considered a blog, depending on your definition). The article itself reads like a promotional piece, but that could be fixed if the subject met the criteria for WP:BIO, which however he does not. — Mudwater^(Talk) 02:36, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. —innotata 07:37, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. —innotata 07:39, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Conservatism-related deletion discussions. —innotata 07:40, 8 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - THIS would seem to count towards GNG. This is going to be a close call one way or the other, not a slam dunk for deletion. I don't have time to investigate now, sadly, gotta go to work. Carrite (talk) 16:44, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I'm gonna toss one more into the pile THIS from the Trenton Trib. At a cursory glance this looks like a GNG pass — a rare bird, a conservative political comedian. Carrite (talk) 16:47, 10 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - A GNG pass, in light of sources cited by Carrite.--4scoreN7 (talk) 20:36, 16 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 20:51, 18 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 00:43, 26 October 2014 (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.