Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Erich Reimer (2nd nomination)

Erich Reimer

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This individual is not notable, and the article has already been deleted once for a lack of notability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.77.204.205 (talk) 00:01, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note Fixed malformed AfD. Copied reason from article talk page. I am neutral in this AfD. Hhkohh (talk) 14:00, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Sheldybett (talk) 14:15, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Sheldybett (talk) 14:15, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New York-related deletion discussions. Sheldybett (talk) 14:15, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Nothing stated here is an article-clinching notability claim in the absence of a WP:GNG-passing volume of media coverage for it — but the sources aren't getting him over GNG. Almost all of the references are unreliable sources, primary sources, pieces where he's the bylined author of content about himself or other things rather than the subject of coverage written by other people, or glancing namechecks of his existence as a giver of soundbite in coverage about other things — none of which supports notability at all. Literally the only source here that represents coverage about him in a reliable source is a piece of local coverage in his own hometown media, which is not enough coverage to clinch nationalized notability. Bearcat (talk) 17:24, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Above comment does not accurately describe the profile articles already on the page.E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:40, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it does. I personally looked at every single source on offer, and I'm not a person who needs lessons from anybody in what's a reliable source and what isn't. Bearcat (talk) 20:19, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. 1st AfD was 10 years ago, so it's not gonna throw much light on notability of an active political commentator. The fact that he has 47,000 followers on twitter induced me to take a closer look at the sources already on the page. Article was started by an IP and AfD was started by an IP. Unusual. There is a 2017 profile of him in an online publication TheBlaze: Millenial opens up about his remarkable journey from Democratic activist to Republican stalwart. And another, also 2017, in the college newspaper U.Va. Law student to serve as Chair of Charlottesville Republican Party. A 3rd profile in a large, regional daily., Fairfax Times, puts him over the top: One local Millenial’s switch from Democrat to Republican. and a 4th in the Washington Examiner: UVA student launches Trump-themed campaign for student gov't. Oh, and a short writeup in the Charlottesville paper (UVA is in Charlottesville,) describing his campaign for student body government as a parody of the Trump campaign: Make UVA Law great again. passes WP:SIGCOV. E.M.Gregory (talk) 19:40, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Blaze is not a reliable source, it's Glenn Beck's thing. College newspapers don't assist in building a GNG pass, and neither do short blurbs about student government campaigns. Bearcat (talk) 20:17, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The fact that I am not a Glenn Beck fan does not negate the fact that TheBlaze contributes to notabiity. As to undergrad newspapers, to a small degree. And the Washington Examiner. Not to mention the Fairfax Times a large-circulation regional daily serving the college town where subject was in law school.E.M.Gregory (talk) 20:41, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note that Reimer has entered the JAG Corps and, according to this: More Americans Must Serve – And Now I Will, will not be publishing while he serves. I also Note that the profiles contain biographical info from which a decent article can be built.21:34, 29 November 2018 (UTC)
Keep - Person has been in media and entertainment/acting with meaningful audience and roles, per WP:ENT. Also seemingly significant third-party media reporting on person per WP:BASIC and WP:GNG, with some national reliable sources “focused” on person rather than just as part of a broader narrative (such as POLITICO). Potential too under WP:Politician (local). Article was approved through WP:AFC review process (by editor Chetsford) though it seems to not be fully up-to-date (for example, a Fox and Friends segment focusing on him is not present among other seemingly frequent third-party, although of varying national applicability, focused coverage). 96.82.14.234 (talk) 23:14, 29 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]