Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gregory Levey

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The result was no consensus, voters did not agree whether he passes WP:GNG (it seems to be consensus that he fails WP:PROF).--Ymblanter (talk) 07:29, 23 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Gregory Levey

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WP:BLP of a journalist, which makes no claim of notability for anything except the fact of his existence and which is sourced exclusively to a directory of his contributions on the website of a publication he contributes to -- thus constituting a primary source. As always, a person does not get a Wikipedia article by having an "our contributors" profile on the website of a media outlet he writes for -- he gets a Wikipedia article by being the subject of coverage in media outlets he doesn't write for. But I can't find any significant coverage of the type demanded by WP:GNG; I get a lot of glancing namechecks of his existence, but nothing in the realm of substantive coverage about him. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 18:25, 23 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:54, 30 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:39, 31 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Certainly ~~Probably~~ keep Just added an article about the book he wrote, reliable source. There's probably more to add.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:09, 1 June 2016 (UTC) typed his book into a google news search and BINGO [1]. Lots of sources. Article needs, expand, sourcing. User:Bearcat, You wanna rethink this one?E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:18, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Some IP address took the book and a University teaching appointment out of the article years ago. [2]. Vandalism; its a problem.E.M.Gregory (talk) 01:22, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Recommend Speedy Keeping this one; turns out there was a 2nd book, that got reviewed, covered. I haven't added it yet. Did add his co-founding of a successful company Figure 1. His Professor job. Still needs expanding. User:Bearcat, this brief, unsourced page sure looked like an obvious delete. I just thought I'd check if he had the kind of brief articles about his reporting, various jobs that some journalists have. Never expected this level of coverage. Remarkable, isn't it, the way non-notable people write themselves Wikipedia pages, but successful ones with lots of substantive accomplishments rarely do.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:23, 1 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete instead as there's nothing, certainly, for notability at WP:PROF and then there's nothing to suggest the needed solid independent notability as an author either. SwisterTwister talk 08:04, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unnotable writer.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:22, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:JUSTNOTNOTABLE. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:55, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, st170e^talk 01:48, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Revisiting. Went to the page and did a minor expand, rewrite, sourcing - more oculd be done. However, I think editors looking at the page will see the both of his books garnered reviews in major media; he was interviewed as an author in Haaretz and profiles as an author on Voice of America; he had a magazine essay that hit a nerve and became the topic of a public conversation in Canada (his home country); and his bluelinked startup has been the subject of both business media coverage and color stories. There's more that could be added. I don't want to overstuff the page - he's young, I suspect that there will be more. Just, there seems to be more than enough to pass WP:GNG.E.M.Gregory (talk) 17:45, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Per a review of available sources about the subject, he comfortably passes WP:BASIC and WP:AUTHOR criteria #3. Source examples are listed below. Thanks to E.M.Gregory for revisiting the discussion and improving the article, and pinging Bearcat, SwisterTwister and Johnpacklambert to also revisit in light of sources that have been presented here and added to the article. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 23:52, 18 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep Seems much more notable and influential than many of the music groups and horse jockeys and unnamed will never hit the earth asteriods we have articles on. Aoziwe (talk) 11:39, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

this is an argument for deleting those other articles, not keeping this one. DGG ( talk ) 18:03, 22 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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