Alex Gilbert (talk|edit|history|logs|links|watch) (XfD|restore)

Page achieved notability. Was accepted to the Main Space and then removed. It's now at Draft:Alex Gilbert. Please look at the sources on the page before commenting. It is clear that it is a notable article. It was even approved by a reviewer. DmitryPopovRU (talk) 04:26, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep deleted. I can't see any evidence that the subject has ever had notability. It's been through AfD twice and was deleted on both occasions.-gadfium 05:15, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Yes it was deleted twice. For different reasons. Not relating to why it shouldn't be in the Mainspace now. read the sources on the draft. Clear notability. --DmitryPopovRU (talk) 05:25, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Allow recreation. The last AfD was closed 20 July 2014. There are several sources in the draft published after that AfD close. Here are two:
  1. Hurley, Sam (22 August 2015). "Whangarei boy who traced Russian roots helps fellow Kiwi adoptees find bloodlines". Television New Zealand. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. Newlove, Alexandra (August 7, 2015). "Russian adoptee shares stories". The Northern Advocate. Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.

     The article notes in the first paragraph: "A former Russian adoptee raised in Whangarei is helping other adopted people share their stories."

  The coverage of Alex Gilbert's efforts to "hel[p] fellow Kiwi adoptees find bloodlines" indicates that there is a good faith argument that WP:BLP1E no longer applies.

  The sustained coverage of the subject one year after the AfD indicates that concerns about the coverage being transitory were wrong. From the AfD "subjects of this kind of coverage have no ongoing notabiity (sic)" and "The amount and duration of coverage were limited, and fall short of establishing Gilbert as an ongoing notable individual."

  Cunard (talk) 05:49, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Endorse continued deletion. Nominator stated "Page achieved notability" but then brought forward absolutely nothing to back that up. This is pretty clearly a self-promotion attempt, and there's very little reason to imagine yet another AFD will result in anything other than yet another deletion. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:26, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment This page is a self promotion?? It has achieved notability from the sources on the article. As stated before. It's clear. Read and look at the sources. Thanks DmitryPopovRU (talk) 18:56, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Endorse - A kid who got a smidgen of press for finding his parents via social media. Textbook WP:BLP1E, draft has no chance of surviving a deletion discussion. Tarc (talk) 20:09, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. This article is not just notable for him finding his Birth Parents. The sources clearly cover his book and page that was covered in the press. Not a smidgen of press. This article was reviewed and was passed as notable. People aren't reading the article clearly or the sources. DmitryPopovRU (talk) 20:58, 25 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Endorse. NOT TABLOID and NOT NEWS are the governing policies. There is no actual notability here. His film career is not notable, & there is no indication that his book is either. DGG ( talk ) 00:43, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep deleted - per DGG and also it's borderline BLP1E, the only event being his adoption on which he is trying to capitalize. Kraxler (talk) 12:44, 27 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. seriously. How is this article not notable? Someone go over the sources. List them and tell me why they are simply not notable? Thanks DmitryPopovRU (talk) 01:55, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Simply being in sources is not a 100% guarantee of an article; the Wikipedia is not a simple repeater and regurgitator of every thing that happens in every newspaper in the world. Tarc (talk) 02:25, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• I've added another source found Tarc. Please take a look. And these are actually from a TV network and TV Show. Not all newspapers. Thanks DmitryPopovRU (talk) 03:22, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• "I found more sources" is never a proper rebuttal to WP:BLP1E. When a person is only in the news for a single event, and would be unknown otherwise, they generally do not get an article in the Wikipedia. Your energy would be better serves by improving existing articles rather than wasting time on something that is clearly going to see its deletion endorsed when this discussion closes. Tarc (talk) 04:08, 31 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]