Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jimmy Akin

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 Redirect to Catholic Answers. The points raised by the keep !voters generally stated that the article had sufficient references. However, there is also a general agreement that the sources in the article were not reliable and independent. As such, the result lies with the delete or merge !voters, who generally agreed that Jimmy Akin's coverage in Google News claimed sufficient noteworthiness that could be used in the Catholic Answers article.

Anything worth merging can be done from the article's history. (non-admin closure) →Σ τ c. 01:03, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jimmy Akin[edit]

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no real claim to notability, lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. nothing satisfying WP:AUTHOR. prod removed without change. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:04, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete all sources trace back to him or his publishers, and simply writing for Catholic Answers isn't enough for real notability. Mangoe (talk) 17:08, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:09, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:09, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep on the basis of Google News coverage. The article needs references, but in fact WP:BEFORE would have found that they do exist. -- 202.124.72.127 (talk) 23:39, 9 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please identify any of the sources found by Google News that have coverage of Akin, rather than just quoting him? Phil Bridger (talk) 23:26, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Aikin is notable as an author, as his position with CA and he is often cited in the popular press as an expert on "the One True Church of Rome", but the article needs some work.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 21:16, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- ~~WP:ITSNOTABLE.~~ duffbeerforme (talk) 04:45, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Catholic Answers. Stuartyeates (talk) 01:45, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Catholic Answers per above. Mangoe (talk) 03:48, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - has several references and seems to have good information. Dontforgetthisone (talk) 23:17, 16 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- But no independent reliable sources. Also have a read of Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions. duffbeerforme (talk) 08:06, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Merge whatever is pertinent to Catholic Answers. I have tried searching for sources to fix this up, but it appears there really are no third party neutral sources to be found. Most of it is in the form of blogs, or Aikin's own publishing. The fact that other news sources quote him does not guarantee notability, either. --Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 04:06, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Rcsprinter (constabulary) 20:06, 23 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or merge/redirect to Catholic Answers. Neutrality^talk 08:28, 24 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – There are sources that show that this person is notable. Inter rest (talk) 20:09, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

OK, name 2 that are not a Blog or a CA publication.--Mike - Μολὼν λαβέ 20:14, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.