Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kerry Bolton

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. --PeaceNT (talk) 14:28, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kerry Bolton

Kerry Bolton (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Article about a living person who has complained about the article in the past. The article is a permastub. The person has received very marginal media coverage - I tried google news archives, and when mentioned, it seems to be as someone within the National Front, rather than him being the subject of the article. Andjam (talk) 16:23, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

• Comment. The subject is a leader in the Holocaust denial field, has been the publisher of a dozens of anti-semitic tracts, the writer of many of them, and a leader of various fascist and occult organizations. On the other hand, those "accomplishments" do not meet the notability standards. While I think the subject is interesting and worthy of mention in an encyclopedia, until he is the subject of a profile in a reliable source, or otherwise meets our notability standards, we don't need to have an article about him. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 19:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete: I have to agree that he's under the WP:N wire. Like Andjam, I don't see any reliable sources about the subject, rather than casual mentions. Given WP:BLP concerns and that this is likely to be a (however minor) vandalism magnet, I'm for deletion.  RGTraynor  00:28, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. The first of the references in the article contains 3 pages about the subject, starting here. I don't have access to the second book, but I presume those who have commented above do, as otherwise it would not have been possible for them to say that the references provided are not enough for notability, so please could one of you let us know how substantial the coverage is? I have also found this coverage in a German book, and this book contains a profile of the subject according to the table of contents, but I don't have access to it. Phil Bridger (talk) 08:49, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keep, on the basis of the sources found by Phil Bridger. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 21:10, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. —Hiding T 16:05, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Being a far-right (or far-anything) activist does not confer notability unless and until that person has some significant grounds for notability above and beyond merely being an activist, author of ehpemeral tracts, or leader of minor groups with little significance in and of themselves. An example of one who does meet the notability bar is Jean-Marie Le Pen. This person does not. KleenupKrew (talk) 08:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
• keep per Phil and Will. JoshuaZ (talk) 14:43, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
• Keepon the basis of the sources found DGG (talk) 23:54, 29 April 2008 (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.