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Benet Academy

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I've listed this article for peer review because I would like to eventually nominate it for FA. This article has already had a peer review and recently passed GA. I would appreciate suggestions on how to make it more comprehensive and how to improve the prose.

Thanks, Benny the mascot (talk) 19:42, 7 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry this is taking me so long - will review in the next 24 hours. Sorry, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:02, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No need to rush...I have other ways of keeping myself busy. :) Good luck on your FAC, by the way. Benny the mascot (talk) 03:15, 20 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ruhrfisch comments: Thanks for being so understanding - this looks pretty good to me, so here are some mostly nit-picky suggestions for improvement.

  • One thing that is sometimes hard to do is to provide context to the reader about things the author is familiar with. I am fairly familiar with the Chicago area, but was not that sure where Lisle was. A brief description would help (x miles west of the Loop / downtown Chicago) or a map with a dot would help too.
  • I also was confused by mentions of the college, but no real resolution on what happened to it - it took me a little searching here, but I assume it is what is now known as Benedictine University in Lisle. The article mentions the university as the site of buildings The St. Procopius monks decided on March 12, 1900, to build a new college[20] on the site of present-day Benedictine University at the southwest corner of Maple and College Avenues.[12], and in terms of a scholarship at the academy, but I think it needs to explicitly say what happened to the college after the academy split. I realize that this article on the Academy, so it need not be a lot of detail, but some is needed.
  • The map is nice, but I am guessing the Census does not show buildings (only streets and water), so the source for those needs to be given explicitly - this will be checked at FAC.
  • The capitalization of College and Academy by themselves seems a bit odd, though it is done consistently as far as I can tell. The Wikipedia:MOS#Institutions says if it is the generic word (college, academy) by itself it should not be capitalized.
  • The lead just seems sparse to me - especially the second and third paragraphs. My rule of thumb is to make sure every header is in the lead somehow - are Demographics and the Christmas Drive there?
    • I mentioned the Christmas Drive a little bit, but the Demographics section is already somewhat covered in the lead. ("Benet's average ACT test score has exceeded statewide and national averages, and more than 99 percent of students have gone on to college after graduation")
  • The language is decent but I noticed a few rough spots reading - I will try and come back and point some more out soon, here is one to start
    • Classes began on March 2, when Rev. Procopius Neuzil taught two remedial high school students in two small rooms at 704 Allport Street for four months. FOur months in one day? Wow that's concentrated teaching! Perhaps Classes began on March 2, and for the next four months Rev. Procopius Neuzil taught two remedial high school students in two small rooms at 704 Allport Street. would be better. I am also not sure students can be remedial - I thought classes were? Could be wrong

Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). I do not watch peer reviews, so if you have questions or comments, please contact me on my talk page. Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 04:46, 22 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your feedback! Benny the mascot (talk) 01:42, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
More from Ruhrfisch

I will try to point out language that needs work here, as well as any other issues that I notice

  • Lead It was founded in 1887 as the all-boys St. Procopius College and Academy by Benedictine monks in Chicago, who also operated the St. Joseph Bohemian Orphanage, which along with St. Procopius later moved to Lisle, approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago.[6] Could this sentence be split into two? As it is now it is quite long and complex - I would start the new sentence after the word orphanage. Also could the year(s) for the move(s) to Lisle be added to provide context?
  • Capitalization of college? The orphanage closed in 1956 to make room for St. Procopius Academy, which then separated from the College in 1957. (In Internet Explorer you can search for a word and it highlights all the matching terms in yellow - might be worth checking caps on college and academy this way)
  • Tweak sentence Sacred Heart merged with St. Procopius Academy in 1967 on the St. Procopius campus to establish Benet Academy [on the St. Procopius campus].
  • Also, any idea where the name "Benet" came from? a ha - here it says Benet is an English form of Benedict
  • Unclear Benet's performing arts program stages multiple musicals ... I think it would be clearer to say Benet's performing arts program stages a musical annually... perhaps saying since when
  • Need to be consistent on names - in the text it is "Reverend John Nepomucene Jaeger of the Order of St. Benedict..." but the image caption is just "Abbot Nepomucene Jaeger" (no John). I also wonder since St John of Nepomuk is not well known in the US, if a link would be in order?
  • Suggested reoganization Reverend John Nepomucene Jaeger of the Order of St. Benedict was the pastor of the parish[.] , which served approximately 16,000 to 20,000 parishioners. Chicago at that time had the largest Czech population of any other city in the world outside of Prague and Vienna. Roughly 50,000 Czech immigrants were served by the three Czech parishes of Chicago, which included [16,000 to 20,000 parishioners at] St. Procopius.
  • The source says they were teaching high school classes then, so I would clarify that in Only a two-year [high school] program was offered at the time; the college offered its first four-year high school program in 1904.[9]
  • Might flow more smoothly as The first Bohemian abbot in the United States, Abbot Jaeger[, the first Bohemian abbot in the United States,] founded a Bohemian monastic community in 1894...
  • What does better atmosphere mean? The college and academy continued to grow in Chicago; in 1896 the Abbey bought the 104-acre (42 ha) Morris Neff farm in Lisle to gain more space and a better atmosphere.[9] Cleaner air than in the city?
  • Since I am assuming that the present Benedictine University still is on the site because they are the re-named St Procopius College, I think that needs to be made clearer in this: The St. Procopius monks decided on March 12, 1900, to build a new college[21] on the site of present-day Benedictine University at the southwest corner of Maple and College Avenues.[13]
  • OK I am stopping the rough spots here. I think this would benefit from a copy edit before FAC. There are a few other things I noticed:
  • What makes Remembering Lisle a reliable source? See WP:RS
  • The alt text for the mascot should desribe it as a bird, not a redwing (there might be those who think of the Detroit Redwings or even Red Wing Shoes

Hope this helps, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 00:42, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your advice! I've fixed most of the issues you've brought up; I just need to get that copyedit completed. Benny the mascot (talk) 19:59, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Michelle Obama

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Nominator(s): TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:41, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


I am nominating this for featured article because it was previously nominated two and a half months after she assumed the role of First Lady of the United States. There were issues with recentism and what her long term role is. Now that she has established her legacy objective and undertaken a role in running an administrationwide initiative, I think it is time to reconsider whether this article is among the finest at summarizing the bio of this living person.TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:41, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This is a WikiCup nomination. To the nominator: if you do not intend to submit this article at the WikiCup, feel free to remove this notice. Ucucha 00:47, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
The eligibility of this article is not clear for the cup. If it passes, we will request clarification.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 06:12, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comments: The books under "Further reading" are not formatted properly; an author's surname is always first, and I'm not aware of any standard style (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.) that lists the month of publication as well as the year -- correct me if I'm wrong on the last point, however. Publication cities are also missing in all three instances. In addition, is there a reason why the books listed are not used as references for the article? From what I can tell after a quick skimming, most of the references are news reports and articles, which is great if that's all there is, but my belief is that if there are reputable, published works available, why not use them? María (habla conmigo) 12:44, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I can reformat the citations. However, if you are telling me that I have to read a couple of novels to advance this FAC, it is not going to happen. On many subjects there are far more references than are used in creating the article. Does this article appear to be lacking breadth, depth or WP:RS for the material that exists?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 14:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not telling you to do anything, Tony. But now that you mention it, what's so wrong about reading books for the sake of a gold star? ;) The question is, does this article -- which relies solely on online news sources when there are seemingly reliable, published works available -- truly present a "representative survey of the relevant literature on the topic"? I obviously haven't read the books, or even the article in its entirety, but past FACs have been hit with such queries in the past. Because this is such an important article, and one that will continue to be scrutinized by many readers, the references should obviously be of the highest quality currently available. If the books in question are not worth the paper they're printed on, okay; but they should at least be assessed to find whether or not they can be of use. María (habla conmigo) 14:36, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I have several times done research such as that to get a gold star. My WP is much less than it use to be. In most cases, for architecture articles I have read books that had 4 or 5 pages on a building or structure that I was researching. I was able to add a few books in a few hours. In this case, we are talking about entire books devoted to the subject. Compared to some of my recent FAs such as Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Cloud Gate, Crown Fountain, or Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) where I was able to improve the perceived quality of the WP article by looking at a few passages in architecture books, this would take an industrious effort that I am not up to. I could not imagine it would take me less than 50 hours to read the references that you mention. I do not have that much time for WP anymore.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 15:51, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question: Has a delegate approved this nom, bearing in mind the 15-day rule and that this nominator's 2008–09 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team was archived only on 6 April? Brianboulton (talk) 21:18, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I confess to not really reading the constantly revised rules with each nomination. If this nomination is suppose to be closed that is fine.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:36, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • With no opinion on the merits of the article (which I haven't read in any detail), I'd say this is a clear candidate for WP:IAR. That rule is intended to prevent FAC from being clogged by mass nominations of poor quality articles into FAC by people who don't really understand what's required; Tony clearly doesn't fall into that category. – iridescent 00:17, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Actually, that rule was put into place to stop editors from using FAC as a source of serial peer reviews, putting up a second nomination as soon as their previous nom was archived, clogging FAC and treating it as peer review, and regularly bringing back articles with little change as soon as the last nomination was archived. In fact, yes, this review needs to be closed, as the rule was put into place precisely for this purpose. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:23, 9 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Illinois

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2027 Women's Baseball World Cup Group A

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2027 Women's Baseball World Cup Group A (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I propose merging to 2027 Women's Baseball World Cup because the topic is covered in the main article and there's no reason for a stand-alone article without a lot of coverage and with mostly repeated information. Mariamnei ✦ reach out 🕊️ 13:34, 27 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Rachel Avery

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Rachel Avery (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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subject fails WP:GNG, listing only one role and having only an IMDB page as a source LincolnMagnus (talk) 19:05, 26 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

W279AQ

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W279AQ (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I propose merging to KATZ-FM because HD Radio/translator combos, like any other translator station, are generally not separately notable (or otherwise warrant a separate page) from their parent stations. This one is a little more complicated as the pre-2017 programming originated on KLOU's HD2 and details on that should be merged there instead, but that still doesn't justify a separate page for W279AQ. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:14, 24 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Van Petten, Illinois

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Van Petten, Illinois (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPLACE and WP:GNG. No evidence of a community at this location.

The article Welcome to Ven Petten: Population 2 only describes a couple who live next to the former rail depot, who have turned their home into a sort of museum. No mention is made of a former larger town. –dlthewave ☎ 22:16, 18 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The general store and grain company are typical for what you'd find on the grounds of a simple rural railroad station. I'm not sure where the "recognized community" description is coming from. Although it was platted as a town, we don't have any evidence that a town ever actually formed there. –dlthewave ☎ 04:00, 23 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I mean informally recognized. And there's a 2010 news story saying they have a mayor and pay town taxes in 2010 to remain a town. I understand why you nominated the article for deletion, but i think its sufficiently notable. (ETA: also note the 1938 reference saying the population is 12.) There are many old newspaper references to the community, but those are more the variety of "Bill Joe of Van Petten came to Dixon today", so i didn't want to pollute the references with that.--Milowent • hasspoken 13:56, 23 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Which notability guideline do you believe this meets? Van Petten doesn't appear in 2012 Illinois Counties and Incorporated Municipalities, and it's not clear what this "town tax" refers to. This really just looks like a single couple who was keeping the idea of a "town" alive for sentimental purposes. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be either official recognition or significant coverage to meet NPLACE or GNG. –dlthewave ☎ 15:33, 23 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I have continued to improve the article and feel comfortable stating I am now an expert in the complete history of Van Petten, Illinois. As a self-appointed expert, you will unable to sway my !vote. Seriously though, i think there's a fair case for showing it was an informally recognized small community that started in 1901 and that had largely died by the late 1930s. The plat was not vacated until 2024. I still don't know what the town tax is, so my expertness is perhaps incomplete.--Milowent • hasspoken 21:38, 23 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Boulder, Illinois

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Boulder, Illinois (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPLACE and WP:GNG. Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. The article does not cite reliable sources. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:18, 18 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Round Knob, Illinois

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Round Knob, Illinois (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:34, 16 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Shady Grove, Illinois

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Shady Grove, Illinois (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:34, 16 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per @Magnolia677. The current state of the article is bad and needs to be fixed. Khalitate (talk) 09:06, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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New Columbia, Illinois

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New Columbia, Illinois (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:34, 16 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Midway, Massac County, Illinois

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Midway, Massac County, Illinois (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database and inactive PDF. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:33, 16 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hillerman, Illinois

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Hillerman, Illinois (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:33, 16 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • page 4 - The settlement had a landing on the Ohio River called "Hillerman Landing". There is also an archaeological site located nearby, the "Jones/Hillerman Site".
  • page 18 - Hillerman had residents, and a post office in 1843. Also..."There was a large warehouse, wharf, large store and several other smaller businesses. Most of the stores and houses were made of brick."
  • page 21 - "The town of Hillerman appears to have gone into sharp decline in the 1850s. The post office, which had been established in 1843, was discontinued on June 21, 1851. Sneed suggests that the encroachment of the Ohio River proved a fatal blow to the town. The wharf and warehouse apparently had been washed away by the late 1850s, and “by 1875 the brick stores and houses were swept away by the mighty stream.” Magnolia677 (talk) 21:31, 21 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep per sources found by the last user, which I have added to the article. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 22:54, 23 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: the sources above are valid, and beyond that, I can personally attest to it's existence, I've driven through Hillerman more than once. I understand we have a no original research policy, but I would argue that having been able to lay eyes on the place myself, my word plus the sources should be enough to invalidate the argument of NPLACE. Foxtrot620 (talk) 03:49, 29 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Chesterville, Illinois

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Chesterville, Illinois (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:32, 16 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Physical addresses and mailing addresses are often miles apart. Please see here for details. It was a joke anyway. Magnolia677 (talk) 10:50, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Fairland, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:46, 13 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • leaning keep I'm not finding anything definitive in searches but there apparently was once a bank and an Odd Fellows Rebekah lodge, and the layout of the place shows it was almost certainly platted. So likely a keep. Mangoe (talk) 20:18, 14 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Ficklin, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 18:46, 13 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • leaning keep I'm guessing that searches through the right newspapers will turn up that this place was wiped out by the enormous chemical plant that once existed to its east, and whose scar is still baldly visible from the air. Certainly the story about the alcohol-poisoned wells leans in this direction. Searching is heavily obscured by its famous political namesake, so I can't be sure, but the signs are there in the topos that this town used to exist. Mangoe (talk) 20:32, 14 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Allright, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community . VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 21:15, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete Nothing found except trivial listings in surveying datasets. Not mentioned in the 1883 history of Clark and Crawford Counties. Fails WP:NPLACE. I would oppose a redirect because what could we say about this place at the county article? Its name and coordinates? Without more to say there's nothing to redirect and it's an unlikely search term. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 10:54, 21 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. With no sources besides GNIS is effectively unverifiable. Needs at least a few passing mentions in other sources to make sense as a redirect. Eluchil404 (talk) 16:27, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Choctaw, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community . VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 21:16, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Clarksville, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community . VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 21:16, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Ernst, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community . VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 21:18, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete if GNIS is the only source articles are effectively unverifiable and should not be preserved even as redirects. Can be recreated if/when additional sources are found. Eluchil404 (talk) 16:23, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Farrington, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community . VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 21:18, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Delete. With no sources beyond GNIS even a redirect is not appropriate. A couple of passing mentions is necessary for a place to be verifiable enough to be mentioned in the county (or preferably township) article and redirected. Eluchil404 (talk) 16:21, 28 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hogue Town, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community . VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 21:18, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - Fails not only NPLACE but also WP:V, so not a redirect candidate. I could not find any reliable coverage that describes this as an unincorporated community. –dlthewave ☎ 14:09, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete The best I can do is a couple of trivial announcements of people married in Hogue Town, in 1911 and 1947. Nothing else. Total failure of WP:NPLACE. Oppose redirect because there is nothing to be said about this place, and the Clark County article makes no mention apart from a pro forma bulleted list of "unincorporated communities". WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 23:15, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

McKeen, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community . VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 21:19, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Narita, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE and WP:GNG. No evidence of a community at this location. Historical topos and satellite view show a grain elevator next to the railroad tracks, consistent with this being just a depot/siding. There are a few mentions of the Narita Ag 4H Club, but that's not sufficient to establish this as an actual community. –dlthewave ☎ 17:21, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Mira, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE and WP:GNG. This was always just a rail depot with a grain elevator, and the history is mostly based on trivial local coverage. –dlthewave ☎ 16:26, 12 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep I guess, since there are two sources in addition to GNIS, but they're weak. I took out the "unincorporated community" nonsense and some unsourced statements. More sources would of course be nice. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 11:17, 27 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Djordje Minic

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Page moved directly to main twice by novice editor despite being previously declined twice at AfC and a recommendation to resubmit to AfC for review. I have made several repairs to the referencing, so I don't feel that I should judge this alone. I consider that he is borderline for WP:NPROF with an h-factor of 47. His awards help, although I am not sure how major they are. Since the OP has rejected draftification for review, now to AfD. Either delete or draftify, although at this stage I don't see draftify as a great option; time for an "AfC review via AfD". Ldm1954 (talk) 15:10, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy ping of the other AfC reviewer ChrysGalley. Ldm1954 (talk) 15:13, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Draftify - with many thanks to @Ldm1954 for their patience, and I understand his point about not dragging this further on. In this state the article is not proving notability under WP:NACADEMIC, 47 in this faculty area is indeed in the border zone, 80 plus isn't unusual in this subject area. I would be thinking WP:TOOSOON, but they would be something like 55 in a year or so on current trends; alternatively the bio needs more robust evidence of current academic impact. Either way it's not ready for mainspace, and this is comparatively sparse in terms of context and sourcing. This sort of example is why the AFC cycle should be followed, for the benefit of the draft. ChrysGalley (talk) 15:38, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    You think professor Minic is not notable? The Government (Department of Energy) supports the 224 papers he wrote. WP:NACADEMIC notes that: “The person has received a highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level.” is one of the criteria (Marko Jaric Prize), the other being: ,,The person has been an elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association (e.g., a National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society) or a fellow of a major scholarly society which reserves fellow status as a highly selective honor (e.g., Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers or Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Physics).”, (Foreign Member of the Serbian Academy of Nonlinear Sciences). If Laurent Freidel and Robert Leigh are notable, then professor Djordje is too. Hampsh1 (talk) 16:18, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I added many more references from media/more reliable sources. Hampsh1 (talk) 19:19, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you very much for your patience. I have drastically overhauled the article based on your feedback. I appreciate your guidance in formatting this correctly. Hampsh1 (talk) 19:33, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Regarding the h-index zone, it is crucial to distinguish between branches of physics. While an h-index of 80+ is common in high-energy experimental physics due to hyper-authored papers (often featuring 1,000+ co-authors from massive collaborations like CERN), an h-index of 47 is exceptionally high and rare for a purely theoretical physicist specializing in string theory and quantum gravity, where papers are typically published by only 1 to 3 authors. In this specific discipline, 47 indicates a profound and lasting academic impact, fully satisfying WP:NPROF Criterion 1. Hampsh1 (talk) 19:38, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: this discussion has been included in the AfD sorting lists for the following topics: Yugoslavia, California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 15:19, 10 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep. I'm not enthusiastic about this article, but I think he just about qualifies. Although h = 47 is reasonable, note that publications with two authors are rare, and one needs to search way down the list to find any single-author papers. Athel cb (talk) 08:37, 11 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your support and the "Weak Keep" vote. I would like to address the point regarding single-author papers to strengthen the case for a firm Keep.
    While high-energy theoretical physics and string theory have become overwhelmingly collaborative over the last two decades (making multi-author papers the standard), Professor Minic actually has a very strong track record of high-impact, single-author papers from key points in his career. For example:
    “The Vacuum Energy Problem in Quantum Gravity and the Masses of Elementary Particles” (2023, published by the Bulgarian Journal of Physics in 2024);
    “Testing Quantum Theory in Curved Spacetime” (2025, published by the American Physical Society);
    “Infinite Statistics and Black Holes in Matrix Theory” (1997).
    When we combine these independent, sole-authored contributions with highly cited collaborations with Tristan Hübsch, Chia-Hsiung Tze and Vishnu Jejjala (papers authored by mostly 2-3 people), his h-index of 47 (which is elite for a pure theorist) and national recognition like the Marko Jaric Prize, he fully and independently satisfies WP:NPROF Criterion 1 (enduring academic impact) and Criterion 2 (prestigious award). Given that the text is now fully sourced, unbiased, and encyclopedic, a full Keep is highly justified here. Hampsh1 (talk) 12:02, 11 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep. His notability is met by the Marko Jaric Prize. Jishara (talk) 05:51, 18 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep (slightly weak, but more keep than weak) -- primarily on the basis of prizes. The first prize listed has about a 50/50 blue-link vs non/red-link for recipients -- not a slam dunk, but definitely showing towards notability. Other winners of the Jarić prize have gotten good amounts of publicity. Wish the article were a bit better, but this isn't clean up. It's not a slam dunk, and I think @Ldm1954 makes good points, but h-factor 47 is still significantly above Average Prof. even in this high cited field. -- Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert (talk) 10:01, 29 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ayers, Carroll County, Illinois

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Fails WP:NPLACE, Sourced only the unreliable GNIS database. No evidence that this place is a unincorporated community. VitorFriboquen :] (Talk) 00:22, 6 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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DeForest Covan

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Fails WP:NACTOR. Lots of minor roles but nothing significant enough to merit an article. Sources are lacking. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:24, 5 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment: He's a production manager too. And see his IMDb page, his Prime Video page, his TV Guide page, and an independent Chinese page about him. Brynn Who Likes Editing (talk) 15:23, 13 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Reply. Production managers don't get articles simply on that basis. Your links are also not useful for establishing notability. IMDb, for example, lists very, very many people, relatively few of whom qualify for articles. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:54, 14 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Deers, Illinois

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No evidence of a community. Searches mostly return articles about deer hunting. The description in the article is unsourced but if we take it at face value, it's consistent with a railroad depot with a post office that served the surrounding rural area. –dlthewave ☎ 20:52, 4 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • This was manifestly a community.
Had a baseball diamond [6], baseball team [7], etc
A good choice would be to redirect to Sidney Township, Champaign County, Illinois#Grain Elevators where this locality (under the name "Deers Station") is already named, but keeping is another good choice. Katzrockso (talk) 00:30, 5 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
A place does not become Wiki-notable by having a baseball diamond or a baseball team. (Usually, the latter would appear along with the former.) And "surely, manifestly, this is notable" is not a valid AfD argument for independent notability. -The Gnome (talk) 13:16, 7 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
The relevant guideline is WP:NPLACE which requires that a populated place either be "legally recognized" or meet GNG. Besides, we don't know whether the Deers Station team represents a community called Deers or is simply named for the nearest railway station as is so often the case for rural areas that are not a part of any town. Note that the ball diamond is one mile south of the station. –dlthewave ☎ 03:47, 17 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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Proposed deletions (WP:PROD)

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The result was no consensus. Shimeru (talk) 07:25, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Jake Bernstein

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Non notable market trader and self publicist. Insufficient citations in WP:RS to satisfy notability. Prod removed without explanation by IP. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:02, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • a neighborly Response to TonyTheTiger
Whenever I guess, I often guess wrong, so I'd rather not mimic your guess he's a keeper this time.
The sheer volume of publication offers no supporting argument in favor of Wikipedia notability:
An argument popular at AfD proceedings is "She has X number of Y, which proves that she's notable" (or not).
We may establish notability not by the quantity of one's published work, but rather by the quality of the subject's verifiable, reliable sources. An article on a topic is more likely to pass the notability test with a single article in Encyclopedia Britannica than with 1 million views on YouTube.
For more information, please see I Like It! : Arbitrary Quantity.
I would encourage you to reverse your recommendation — if only to a Luke-Warm Delete — unless you can accomplish what not one of the rest of us has been able to do in two years of trying in good faith:
to demonstrate Notability by revealing to all of us reliable, independent, credible, established, mainstream news sources that have produced any substantial, comprehensive coverage of this subject.
— Wordsmith (talk) 03:40, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Strong Keep I'm a student of Jake Bernstein, I made the original entry and have occassionally appended it. Jake's work is objective and helpful. The entry should remain, without bias, as a simple identification of a very prolific author who is also a helpful teacher. Biased content added by the misinformed who do not know Jake or his work first hand should be removed as well as references to slanderous competitors sites. The entry should remain as a simple identification and bibliography of a prolific author. --Thor1964 (T/Special:Contributions/Thor1964/User:Thor1964/WP:Santa Cruz, CA) 12:33, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • a congenial Response to Thor1964
As I've said before, my first obligation is to presume your good faith, and I hereby renew that presumption in your favor once more.
I understand and I respect your loyalty to your subject, Thor, and I urge you to amend — and defend — your case for a Jake Bernstein article, but only if you can ingenuously establish his notability from substantial, extant, reputable, mainstream, secondary coverage of him by sources that do not "know Jake or his work first hand," in accord with the Wikipedia policy on Notability and acceptable Sources, in advance of a reincarnation of your article.
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I myself have not, cannot, and I've failed to find even one objective person who can.
Nonetheless, I remain receptive to anyone anywhere who can do the deed honestly.
You weaken your case (when none of us should have a "case" or any agenda at all)
if you choose to neglect the only important issue here (Notability), in favor of
such expressions of a personal point of view that our guidelines for this very discussion exclude:
"I'm a student of Jake Bernstein" + Jake's "a helpful teacher" = Wikipedia: I Like Him + Wikipedia:He's Helpful
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Please let me encourage you to cite genuine evidence of Notability if you can — or perhaps, if you find yourself agreeing that no significant, substantial, independent, secondary, reputable coverage of Jake is out there anywhere, friend, to reverse your recommendation gently to a Regretful and Reluctant Delete — since your argument here, as it stands, may carry no weight in this nomination for deletion, in view of what we find in Notability is Not a Matter of Opinion. Your statement here
  • is not supported by any policies, guidelines or precedents;
  • does not represent a neutral point of view;
  • and seems to suggest you've not had much luck finding any legitimate sources of independent coverage of Jake for your article, which is a clear sign that your charismatic teacher does not meet the notability criterion.
  • Instead of establishing notability, your arguments and your actions upon the Article as well as its Talk page serve to suggest that you may be feeling some frustration at the impossibility of resolving the troublesome issues of Jake as a suitable subject here, while you may have inadvertently been demonstrating the dearth of legitimate coverage, and his consequent inadmissibility in the face of Wikipedia's tests for notability;
  • Some of the properties of your statement are specifically listed as those to avoid in deletion discussions like this one, and it does more harm to your cause than any good.
None of us should feel committed to any cause, as such — don't you think? — except to the integrity of our encyclopedia.
Let me know if I can help you.
— Wordsmith (talk) 09:30, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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I expect that it will just get deleted again-- this is the part that is always deleted by anonymous IP address editors every time it shows up in the article-- but given that the article is on the deletion discussion list, I put back into the article the material that has been repeatedly deleted, including the article in Forbes and the circuit court opinion:

  • William Green, "There's one born every minute," Forbes, March 9, 1999 (article at Forbes.com)
  • MBH Commodity Advisors, Inc. and Jacob Bernstein, Petitioners, v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Respondent. In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit - 250 F.3d 1052 (7th Cir. 2001) Decision (decision also available from caselaw)

Geoffrey.landis (talk) 15:05, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

NOTE: Acccording to the wikipeda history of Geoffrey.landis edits, he regularly vandalizes other peoples wikipedia entries, propogates and participates in edit warring, and has been formaly punished by wikipedia in the past by being banned from making entries for a significant time period. Geoffrey.landis has proven to be an exceptionally arrogant and highly biased individual who thinks he knows everything about every subject, and should be premanetly banned from any making wikipedia entries and/or edits due to his uncivilized anti-social behavior therein. As an example, his election for deletion of other more notable and more widely published successful authors entries in wikipedia.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.153.184 (talk) 17:29, 24 March 2010

Please do not make personal attacks on other editors. Please adhere to the civility policy, assume good faith and observe wiki etiquette. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 20:39, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your vote of confidence, User: 76.200.153.184. Just as a comment, I notice that 76.200.153.184 has made no edits to any articles other than Jake Bernstein-- and my user page. I'll also note that Thor1964 has made no edits to any articles other than approximately 60 edits to Jake Bernstein. In fact there are a lot of anonymous editors who have done nothing except add promotional material to Jake Bernstein-- 76.247.107.66 and 99.163.50.178 and 76.254.84.164 for example, to pick just three of many. Geoffrey.landis (talk) 15:57, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Keep but the first step after keeping will be for someone unconnected to rewrite the article. Absurd promotionalism is not to be balanced by one-sided reports of adverse litigation, but by a fair treatment of the person. He's notable as an author because of the multiple books by major business publishers. DGG ( talk ) 02:14, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
See also materials from [9]. Looks like most of this is copied from his many self promotional web sites. --Nuujinn (talk) 19:03, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was Merge and redirect per previous consensus. I added an entry for Servicelive.com at Sears Holdings Corporation, using a more recent source. This article will then be redirected to preserve the history. If consensus emerges at Talk:Sears Holdings Corporation that this site doesn't merit inclusion, that works too - but it is operated by Sears and should still redirect there. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 15:20, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

ServiceLive

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Tagged for merge BACK IN MARCH FREAKING 2009 and nobody could be arsed. Use it or lose it. Sources seem too thin to even warrant a merge. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 00:12, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Shimeru (talk) 19:54, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Red Bar Radio

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An "internet radio" show (somebody hasn't checked the definition of radio) previously deleted, recreated, deleted G4, AfD'd and deleted again, undeleted for the user to add citations, AfDd no consensus, and has been languishing with a notability tag since 2008. Creator was Redbarradio (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), I wonder if there could possibly be a COI here? Tagged as A7 but given the history I thought it was probably better to bring it here. Guy (Help!) 18:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Jayjg (talk) 22:42, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Candy Manson

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fails WP:PORNBIO, no indication the subject can meet the GNG or any other specialized guideline. Deleted after initial AFD, survived 2nd AFD based on now-rejected "one-nomination" standard and on subject's claim of upcoming mainstream TV work, which never materialized. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 19:53, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]


  • Comment, leaning toward Keep vote I have tagged this article for rescue.
I have also added these three sources to the article. SilverserenC 09:15, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 02:27, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Robert Larsen

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Non-notable small college football coach, whose article was deleted at AfD two years ago. The article was userfied at the creator's request, and promptly restored by the creator with the claim that "Discovered also was a head coach at University of Chicago, added several sources." Upon an examination of the links in the article, not a single one of them discuss Larsen in substantive detail, as WP:RS requires, and half of them are simple collections of stats. Beyond that, the creator implies that the University of Chicago is, and was during Larsen's tenure, some big-time athletic school and therefore confers notability on its coaches. This is not the case; Chicago plays in Division III, a full three rungs below major college football and the lowest level of sport the NCAA sanctions at all. The article has been completely unimproved in over a year and a half. This article should never have been restored, and should be promptly deleted as failing WP:BIO and the GNG both.  Ravenswing  10:25, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep I think many programs that have been both DI and DIII have coaches for their entire history considered as notable people here on WP. Since Chicago has such a storied history from the Amos Alonzo Stagg days, I think he is an important component to the complete history of Chicago football.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 00:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of American football-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep clear-cut case of a bad faith nomination. FIRST: The "promptly restored" statement, which would seem to indicate merely a few days. In this case, the restoration took from November 2, 2008 until June 26, 2009, over seven months. SECOND: Nominator supplies a "creator implies" section, stating that the article creator (yes, that's me) implied that the school was a "big-time program" and yet avoides the statement in the article about the "modern era" when the school reinstated football at the Division III level. THIRD: Nominator calls for "prompt" deletion, implying a call for a speedy deletion instead of even having the discussion. Personally, I'm not sure by "promptly" the nominator means "right this minute" or the regular AfD discussion time period or seven months. FOURTH: Nominator states that "The article has been completely unimproved in over a year and a half" to which I have two responses: a) this is just not true either, as a simple check of the article history can provide, and b) who cares if it hadn't changed a bit in a year and a half, that's not a reason to delete.--Paul McDonald (talk) 03:19, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Reply: You're right on the "year and a half;" I meant half a year, and that's about the only accurate statement you make. As far as the absurd notion that I'm calling for a speedy here, I've been on Wikipedia for seven years and have participated in hundreds of deletion discussions, and know very well the difference between AfD and speedies, but if you were genuinely curious, you might have considered asking without violations of WP:CIVIL and WP:AGF. Moving along, of course you implied that Chicago is a big-time program; why else would being a coach there confer automatic notability that being a coach of a far smaller and more obscure school did not, and why would that mere assertion suddenly qualify the subject for an article? Finally, you fail to address the article's failure of the GNG.  Ravenswing  12:37, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment/Good Faith/Civility Please refer to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John D. Schwender where it seems we are having the same discussion. It should likely be here because I beleive that the bad faith violations are more prevelant here--they have sadly become linked. I have made no personal attacks and am simply calling to the Wikipedia community to review what I believe to be lies posted by the nominator, as well as providing evidence to support it for the community to review.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:07, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Request/accurate statement You stated that "that's about the only accurate statement you make" in your comment and then accuse me of not being civil. Okay, I can take it. Please take the statments I made that you find not truthful and let's address them point by point.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:12, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment/Big Time School History shows that the article Revision September 23, 2009, (edited by Huangdi) confirms that the program was an NCAA Division III School. While I did not make that edit, I thought it was a good one. It's been in place over six months.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:20, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment/Nominator's experience I'm sure you have been on Wikipedia for quite some time, but I don't see how that is a reason to delete the article. Why would you post such a statement??--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment/Speedy-promptly Okay, you don't mean to speedy delete. Just strike the word "promtly" from your nomination. Until then, the statements are adding undue weight and distracting from the issue at hand--the article being considered for deletion.--Paul McDonald (talk) 15:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. In order to have proper encyclopedic scope, WikiProject College Football has endeavored to establish articles on the head coaches of the significant college football programs. That does not mean that every coach at every small college should have an article. The question is which programs are truly "significant." While Carroll and Chicago have had significant declines in their programs in recent years (including the years when Larsen was coach), both schools have historically had significant programs. Carroll played big-time football throughout the pre-World War II era, was involved in the game in which the first forward pass was thrown, and has produced 13 NFL players. Chicago has won two national football championships and seven Big Ten championships, produced several members of the College Football Hall of Fame (e.g., Berwanger, Des Jardien, Eckersall, Herschberger, Maxwell), and is the place where football giant Amos Alonzo Stagg made his name. Admittedly, neither Carroll nor Chicago has had a major football program in many years (even decades). This makes it a tough call on Larsen or other recent coaches at these schools. However, if we conclude that these two programs are significant (as they certainly were in the first half of the 20th Century), WikiProject Football's encyclopedic approach to coverage of such programs supports articles for head coaches of these programs. Accordingly, I lean towards keeping the articles. Cbl62 (talk) 16:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was keep. Tone 20:00, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Weigel

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Delete per WP:BIO. Just because the person has written a lot via newspaper blogs does not make the individual notable. Note that article had already been speedily deleted but was restored. As per the policy on "journalists", his individual work is not 1)regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors 2) had a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews or 3)either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums. -Ave Caesar (talk) 20:40, 6 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

He is a blogger, not a journalist. That's not to say bloggers can't be notable, but there is no proof of influence. --Ave Caesar (talk) 16:47, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Supporting the fact that Mr. Weigel meets the criterion of being a notable journalist is that he has appeared on multiple NPR shows (Weekend Edition, Fresh Air with Terry Gross - twice) and numerous times on the MSNBC evening cable news/political shows. In addition, he is frequently referenced when not on those shows by Wikipedia notables, including: Chris Hayes (Washington, D.C. Editor of The Nation), Ana Marie Cox (Washington Correspondent for GQ Magazine), and Rachel Maddow herself of the Rachel Maddow Show. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wolverstone (talk • contribs) 13:32, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This is the first and only edit made by the above user...Further, the user offers no proof of wide citation.--Ave Caesar (talk) 16:45, 7 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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