Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Tsolakis

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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. —Xyrael / 10:39, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kim Tsolakis

In my opinion this is a pretty significant person, who left a fairly notable Sydney high school. I believe it should be kept, it was PROD'ed, so have undeleted and I'm taking this to AFD. - Ta bu shi da yu 12:09, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Comment This is bullshit for people not citizens of Australia to ahve any input on whether they feel this article should or should not be placed on the site. What if anyone searched for KIM TSOLAKIS, and the artical wasn't there - obviously the site would not live up to its purpose! And Kim was a great, and intelligent man who deserves more than a simple article here, and rather a website dedicated to him. Please all those not from Reddam House would not understand the importance of such a man, and thus i feel should not put any input into this matter!

The criteria at WP:BIO do NOT constitute Wikipedia Policy. Anyhow, I'd argue that this article is worth keeping, BUT only if there is a liklihood that it becomes a genuine bio of its subject. The man has had a distinguished career as an educator, and I cannot see why NOTORIETY or its lack, should disbar a person of accomplishment from having those accomplishments listed/described on Wikipedia, so long as those accomplishments are demonstrable and verifiable. Aurelius One 15:36, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete Besides the subject being non-notable pursuant to WP:NOTE, the information given may also be intrusive pursuant to WP:BLP. The article purports to explain Mr. Tsolakis's employment situation and his reasons for being dismissed. If it says on Wikipedia that he was asked to leave because of his health, couldn't that affect his chances of getting a new job? Also, no reliable sources are given for the information provided or even for the fact that Mr. Tsolakis exists. --Charlene 16:00, 17 November 2006 (UTC
  • Comment both Ta bu shi da yu and Aurelius One are from Australia. I have a feeling that Kim Tsolakis is notable down under and perhaps not in North America. :) I'd say if Australians want to keep him, then keep him. That is of course if proper sources are provided. Missvain 16:05, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete A walkout by seniors at a high school does not make a person's bio encyclopedic. There is one unidentified newspaper clip cited. Multiple independent sources are needed to show notability. Edison 18:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Google (even when restricted to Australian pages) has hardly heard of him, and what it has got is standard boilerplate wherein "head of school Kim Tsolakis said...", nothing about his departure or the strike it apparently caused. I'm from Australia as well, although a different state, and follow the news closely - and wouldn't know this man or the events in question from a bar of soap. I'm also not sure about the idea of opening an AfD on an article which was prod'ed when the nominator wants it kept. Surely the idea is to remove the prod and add information asserting and verifying notability? BigHaz - Schreit mich an 22:54, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:V and WP:NPOV can't be satisfied without significant sources; there are none here. Mangojuicetalk 06:03, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge to Reddam House - a quick Google search reveals he was the Headmaster of Reddam House, and introduced unorthodox practices to help Year 12 Students like giving them iPods (see here, and I think he also had some other unorthox practices when the school first opened, such the different style of uniform, etc. (RH is one of Sydney's newest private schools). That said, he isn't notable outside of the school itself, and most Headmasters of schools don't have their own article apart from if they were notable in some other respect - I vote we merge this into the school article and keep it notable. JROBBO 23:15, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge, I'm sorry to disagree with the nominator, but I don't think there's enough meat here for a full article. An interesting story for the school or community article though. Lankiveil 01:09, 21 November 2006 (UTC).
  • Delete. This might have been news, but it's not encyclopedic. WMMartin 18:16, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per JROBBO. JPD (talk) 16:24, 22 November 2006 (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.