Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mel Gibbs

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. - Mailer Diablo 05:07, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mel Gibbs

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No indication that she is notable outside of a small area. She appears to be like thousands of other high school students. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 15:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Probable conflict of interest (see article creator). Only contributions by creator are to this article. Notability not established. - Richfife 15:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. I've no doubt she's well respected in her local area, but there's no evidence that she meets Wikipedia:Notability (people). EALacey 16:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Delete. Wikipedia is not MySpace. Not everyone needs or deserves an article on Wikipedia. It gets tiring to see people who think they do. Not to be harsh but anyone with some common sense can tell that this person does not meet Wikipedia:Notability (people). Thanks and sorry. Vaniac 16:35, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
• Provisional Strong Delete - the creator's (and probable subject's) edit summary mentions something about being runner up in "Youth of the Year", which could (conceivably) be enough to make her of interest, but the fact she's not bothered to mention it makes me doubt it. Take it to MySpace unless very speedily improved. - Iridescenti (talk to me!) 17:58, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
  • The "Youth of the Year" might be this thing [1] from the AU government. Doesn't look like enough to establish notability. cab 03:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Delete - not notable, no sources. Fails multiple policies unless sourced. Hell, I could probably make an article about myself, by this standard. --Haemo 00:39, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
• Delete (or userfy if the creator starts contributing to other articles). 644 GHits, mostly not about the subject of the article but rather some guy in the US (a political blogger or something). Single award won [2], but other than that, nothing to meet WP:BIO. cab 03:27, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep This a real article, these deletion judgements were being made on a newly started wiki which only had a paragraph written. The article has been updated and is being continued to be updated. Why can't someone that isn't travelling the word, and very famous, who is still at school, make a difference and be noticed for what she is doing. She hasn't done huge amazing things like some others have, but she is making a difference, it doesn't matter how big or small it still is significant. The fact that she is putting others in her comunity before her self, and that she is giving time and money to support people that might not have what you and I have, makes her a notiable person. --M. 17:20, 4 April 2007 (UTC)— Mel735 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's guidelines on notability for people. Making a difference and supporting people is great, but it's not part of the generally accepted criteria used to assess notability. -SpuriousQ (talk) 07:37, 4 April 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.