Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Warwak

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 delete. Tone 00:39, 9 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dave Warwak

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WP:BLP1E: person notable for only one event. He's a teacher who was fired for 'turning his classroom into a forum on veganism'; the only reliable sources are those reporting his initial firing, and the Illinois State Board of Education confirming it a year later. There are plenty more mentions of him on the Internet, but all of them are unreliable sources (blogs, YouTube, etc). Robofish (talk) 18:29, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I agree that this is a classic case of BLP1E. The events of his dismissal and subsequent appeal received a fair amount of coverage, but it doesn't justify an encyclopedia article.--Michig (talk) 18:44, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:BLP1E: "If reliable sources cover the person only in the context of a single event, and if that person otherwise remains, or is likely to remain, a low-profile individual, we should generally avoid having an article on them." Dave Warwak seems very likely to remain a low-profile person, other than the firing incident, which seems to have been reported on primarily as a wacky human-interest-type story. Glenfarclas (talk) 21:17, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:52, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Not notable. Not important. Not worth having on Wikipedia. I know we aren't lacking for space, but we should at least try to conserve here... --Tarage (talk) 07:22, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This article has also been the subject of vandalism, and not much else. This should be proof enough that it doesn't belong here. When was the last actual improvement made? --Tarage (talk) 07:25, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As clearly outlined by others above, coverage of Warwak centers on a single event and therefore falls under WP:BLP1E. --Jezebel'sPonyo ^shhh 18:39, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. WP:BLP1E. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:01, 3 January 2010 (UTC).[reply]
Delete. The article itself basically says that his firing is his only claim to notability – obvious WP:BLP1E. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 15:46, 4 January 2010 (UTC).[reply]
Delete per my original PROD, (although ideally correctly spelling "thing"). --kelapstick (talk) 16:15, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
keep because veganism is not a bad thing (I am not vegan, but I do not judge). PamelaBMX (talk) 21:52, 4 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Your argument is a non sequitur – whether or not this article is kept is not related in any way to whether veganism is good or bad. You should probably familiarize yourself further with WP:AFD. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 23:14, 4 January 2010 (UTC).[reply]

I am sorry, new here and I thought we just vote our opinion, After looking at other cases I see we need policy based arguments and it is not a vote... :) PamelaBMX (talk) 00:45, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

A good way of operating is to lurk around a new topic for a while to learn its conventions before diving in as editor. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:25, 5 January 2010 (UTC).[reply]

I give Pamela credit for admitting her error, which is hard for anyone to do and especially to be valued in a new editor. Welcome to editing Wikipedia, Pamela! Glenfarclas (talk) 17:56, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, per WP:BLP1E. Nsk92 (talk) 03:31, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, as stated by other users, an obvious application of WP:BLP1E. CoolMike (talk) 23:42, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Absolute BLP1E.....and an unimportant event at that. Niteshift36 (talk) 18:04, 8 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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