Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Playwright Steve Newman

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 of the debate was delete. W.marsh 00:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Playwright Steve Newman

Wikipedia is not a collection of non-notable biographies. This individual fails the tests at WP:BIO. He generates no usable Google hits (Steve Newman is also a musician and a common name), no news hits, has not contributed in a lasting way to his field and the article will never be more than a stub. Additionally, the article was created by and has only one editor whose username matches the subject and whose account has only edited this page. Thus this also satisfies the criteria of being a vanity page. Kershner 00:13, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Weak keep it is admittedly a self-created vanity page, but a google check for '"Steve Newman" playwright turns up 11,000 hits (see: [1], [2], [3]). I think he's notable enough. It's a close call. Deleuze 00:19, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Google search seems very inconclusive - a lot of Steve Newman playwright hits which are irrelevant Bwithh 01:54, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Delete per WP:VANITY -- Where is Where? 00:31, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. He seems to have been a playwright but not had a significant impact. I haven't been able to trace reviews of his works by reliable third-party sources. The sources cited by user Deleuze don't meet our verifiability guidelines and I have been unable o find better ones. I would vote to keep if reasonable sources could be found. If the article is kept, it should be renamed to Steve Newman or Steve Newman (playwright) if there are other Steve Newmans with articles. Capitalistroadster 00:36, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:BLP, among other things. If kept, rename per Capitalistroadster. Stifle (talk) 16:09, 20 June 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.