Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Zoukis

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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 21:43, 16 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Zoukis

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WP:BLP of a writer, not sourced to sufficient reliable source coverage to clear WP:GNG. This is based almost entirely on primary sources, mostly content he wrote for various publications, and the only two sources that clear that bar are a namecheck of his existence as a provider of soundbite in an article about a concept and a Q&A interview -- both of which would be acceptable if the rest of the sourcing around them were more solid, but neither of which carry a GNG pass in and of themselves. A writer does not get a Wikipedia article just because directories of his writing on the publications he wrote for show that he exists; he must be the subject of coverage in reliable sources, not the author of it, for a Wikipedia article to become earned. Bearcat (talk) 14:27, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Maybe he's just a really humble, modest, self-effacing guy who likes to contribute to society without seizing the spotlight, because he finds it satisfaction enough to know that people benefit from his writings, even if it's without ever learning the story of the man behind the byline? Oh well, nice guys finish last, I guess! N I H I L I S T I C (talk) 16:16, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a directory of nice guys; it's an encyclopedia, on which notability has to be demonstrated by reliable source coverage about the person. Bearcat (talk) 17:58, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 19:54, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 19:54, 8 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete GNG not met. Article created by an extremely obvious sockpuppet who hasn't owned up to it yet. Exemplo347 (talk) 20:29, 9 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The majority of sources are bogus; non notable. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:02, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Writing two books and some opinion pieces while incarcerated is not sufficient to satisfy WP:N. I cannot see an article on Montaigne Medal so winning it should not be considered as satisfying WP:AUTHOR. Johnuniq (talk) 02:15, 10 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails GNG DarjeelingTea (talk) 03:32, 14 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - doesn't meet WP:GNG. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 00:37, 15 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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