Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brendan Giusti

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 speedy delete. G7: Author blanked HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 22:03, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Brendan Giusti

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Nonnotable writer whose claim to fame is coming in third place for two nonnotable awards issued by the Idaho Press Club. Coverage focused on him as an individual is scant. Them From Space 05:06, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:37, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete. I have considerably edited the article to remove the promotional language and exagerated claims and to correct implications that he had won bigger awards than he actually had. There is nothing about the subject himself out there, as either a journalist, musician or phototographer. Despite claims that as a jazz guitarist he was a "mainstay of the Chicago scene for a decade", I haven't been able to find a single review. The awards are negligible (from the Idaho Press Club and both 3rd place), and the publications he has written for are local and not notable. One of them is actually a newsletter and the "interview" with Boz Scaggs is in the reader-generated section "Fan reviews" on Scraggs' fansite.[1]. The writing for the Rochester City News (free weekly) is actually in their blog sections and it's unclear what the criteria are for inclusion. As a photographer, his work has only appeared in local newspapers in his own articles, and there is no evidence of any exhibitions of his work in galleries (notable or otherwise). Comprehensively fails Wikipedia:Notability (people) and doesn't fulfill any of the alternative criteria for musicians or creative professionals. Voceditenore (talk) 17:39, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: The article's creator has blanked the article page [2]. I have reverted the blanking but presumably he/she is requesting deletion. Voceditenore (talk) 18:24, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This article was my attempt to add resources about journalists, a topic of interest to me. I didn't realize that it would stir up such debate. Feel free to delete the post and save everyone the time. This was also my first article so I'm not sure of all the ins and the outs of how to properly request things and post things. Thanks. RalphyJones (talk) 18:02, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete G7 as Author blanked and is voting delete. d m z 18:04, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete G7 per the comments made by the author above.4meter4 (talk) 18:35, 6 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.