Deletion of Jack Kopstein

Comment: unless rewritten. This reads as |vanispamcruftisement, there is an obvious inference of a tangible connection between the author and the subject, though I don't think it's actually an autobiography
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Neutral point of view (WP:VSCA)

Comment: Yes, he received a few medals, as did 30,000 others in 1977 http://www.veterans.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=collections/cmdp/mainmenu/group10/qeiijm. Media coverage is not significant enough to meet 
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: It isn't up to us, as wikipedia editors, to determine the importance of Kopstein's work.  Notability is established by coverage about the subject in reliable sources.  And for a |biography of a living person, the policy of |verifiability is especially important.  I believe that the sources available are sufficient to establish notability, but if you have other |reliable sources, please bring them forward.  I have trimmed the article down to verifiable facts with some material sill needing citation, and rewritten the material to be more in line with a |neutral point of view
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP||WP:V||WP:RS||WP:NPOV)

Comment: If "numerous 3rd party references" are available, please provide them.  I have been unable to find any references to Kopstein in |reliable sources.  The references provided in the article are not articles ''about'' Kopstein, but rather writings ''by'' Kopstein, which indicate merely that he is a writer, not that he is notable
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: I was the one who trimmed the article to its barest facts.  You may call it a clumsy edit, and I agree that that the article as it now stands is full of gaps that could use some filling.  However, the version that was was there before did not adhere to a neutral point of view with a lot of unsourced information.  The version that is there now is a referenced base from which more '''sourced''' information could be added if there are |reliable sources to support it
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: Notability not established with verifiable, third party resources.  As another editor pointed out, the local papers seem to focus on the local personality angle, and the LA times article is more of a lifestyle piece on the website the subject runs.  The edit by Arun56 toned done the hyperbole (and yes, his writing is very good), but still we are left with someone who does not meet the music notability standard (), nor those for an author (WP:AUTHOR), at least with the current cited sources
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:MUSICBIO)