Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Stanton

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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. Majorly (o rly?) 00:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aaron Stanton

Aaron Stanton (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Non-notable bio about a person who created a non-notable blog American Patriot 1776 22:52, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak Delete Despite claims that person was "mentioned" in newscasts, the only reliable source I could find was this one from Computerworld. I don't think it quite makes the notability cut. OhNoitsJamie Talk 23:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - looks like an ego page to me. Aleta 05:09, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete In addition to the Computerworld article, there is this online post from a Seattle PI staffer. Still, the coverage is pretty weak. Since these sources don't give us much biographical information and are instead primarily about the blog and its "impact", this article would be better moved to CanGoogleHearMe.com, if kept. -SpuriousQ (talk) 17:52, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Changing to Weak Keep per The Age story from User:Thefungusinmymilk. I see it was also reported on by the Idaho Statesman. It's borderline, but now I lean toward keep. -SpuriousQ (talk) 21:08, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep just check it's alexa rating. Itake 23:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment Alexa rankings are generally not sufficient to establish notability, except perhaps in extreme cases, and at about 80,000 this person's blog is not one of those. In its current form, this article does not seem to pass WP:BIO or WP:WEB. -SpuriousQ (talk) 01:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep It was the fifth fastest growing website last week (don't know if it still is), when several TV stations aired coverage of Aaron's trip to California, a bunch of radio stations followed suit, he's been written about in Australia's largest newspaper, there's been a song written about him, and of course, he's currently doing business with Google though the details are scarce due to the restrictions of an NDA. He's notable, with TV, radio, web, entertainment and business coverage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.245.109.213 (talk • contribs)
    • Can you provide more specific citations for this coverage? The Google News search gives only two unique reliable sources, and when I checked LexisNexis and Newsbank, nothing came up (probably because the news is too recent). The nature of his business with Google—beyond successfully holding a meeting with someone there—is unknown and unverifiable. -SpuriousQ (talk) 15:16, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete as insufficiently referenced There are some claims above of references for notability, but they're not in the article and haven't been verified yet. If multiple reliable independently published articles or interviews about the person are provided I'll reconsider my delete recommendation. Dugwiki 22:37, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
    • I've put some refs in article. -SpuriousQ (talk) 22:30, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Seems like a short lived thing, not that notable either. Isn't this rather for the news? Meaningful username 11:25, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Certainly worth Including. Aaron Stanton's journey and Blog was documented in one of Australia's leading newspapers (http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/listen-up-google/2007/03/01/1172338721875.html) and his story is being researched in my University (http://www.swinburne.edu.au) as an example of the power of the Web —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thefungusinmymilk (talk • contribs) 02:32, 3 March 2007 (UTC).
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.