Deletion of Aaron Maté

Comment: Fails WP:GNG and . Even the sources cited acknowledge the rather fringe nature of Maté's work. For example, the ''Vanity Fair'' piece—quoted in the article for describing him as a "polite but dogged skeptic" who is notable for an interview he did—does so within the context of a full paragraph of commentators and bloggers "who were ignored for much of this stretch". The strongest argument for notability seems to be the documentary from 18 years ago, where he is one of three subjects. If that is significant enough, it might be added to the Concordia University Netanyahu riot itself, but the journalistic career of Maté doesn't seem to justify a standalone article. His two cited appearances—for about 90 and 180 seconds, respectively—on The Hill's morning TV and a smattering of one- or two-line references elsewhere do not seem to show that he is "{{tq|regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers or successors}}". The UN testimony is not a strong indicator in this case, either; the wording of the article makes it sound like a formal hearing or meeting of a UN body, but it was an Arria formula meeting. Accordingly, the only coverage of it seems to be from Maté himself on Grayzone plus a handful of other far-left sites
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:JOURNALIST)

Comment: Per , esp. #1. Note (at least) references 17, 24,31, all of which demonstrate he is an important enough figure to have his opinion considered; the presence of even only his name shows the importance of his body of work. Also, respected enough to write an article for The Nation. Strong "keep." Although not "broadly" cited in major publications, the Izzy Award is cited by them on a Pro re nata|PRN basis. The award seems to be significant enough to have been reported by NPR and NYT{{Cite news|last=Tracy|first=Marc|date=2020-01-21|title=The Former Journalist Who Is Bernie Sanders’s Media Critic|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/us/politics/david-sirota-bernie-sanders.html|access-date=2021-05-19|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|title=He Broke The NSA Leaks Story, But Just Who Is Glenn Greenwald?|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/06/11/190670954/he-broke-the-nsa-leaks-story-but-just-who-is-glenn-greenwald|access-date=2021-05-19|website=NPR.org|language=en
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:JOURNALIST)

Comment: Although several additional footnotes have been added to the article since the time of nomination, they still aren't good or notability-making ones. #1 is a news story about something else which happens to glancingly ''namecheck'' Aaron Maté's existence in the process of ''not'' being ''about'' Aaron Maté, which doesn't assist in making him notable. #2 tangentially verifies the existence of Maté's mother, without saying anything at all about Aaron to assist in making him notable. #3 is the film review mentioned in the nomination — which also just briefly mentions his name without being ''about him'' to any non-trivial degree, and thus doesn't singlehandedly make him notable all by itself. #4 is just a directory of his own contributions to a news outlet — but you don't make a journalist notable enough for Wikipedia by verifying the extent to which he's been the bylined ''author'' of media coverage about other ''things'', you make a journalist notable enough for Wikipedia by verifying the extent to which he's been the ''subject'' of media coverage written by other ''people''. #5 and #6 are both directly affiliated with the claim being made — the Izzy Award is not a notability-clinching journalism award that would pass , but a ''student'' journalism award presented by a university journalism school, and the sources for it are that self-same university's own student newspaper and the self-published website of the award committee. But that's not how you turn any award into a notability claim — if ''general'' market media coverage ''about'' the award presentation is lacking, then an award is not a notability maker just because you can technically metareference the award to itself. So no, nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to be referenced considerably better than this
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO)

Comment: Per , esp. #1. Special:Contributions/198.167.198.158|198.167.198.158
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:JOURNALIST)

Comment: Per , esp. #1. Testifying at the U.N. must bring some level of notability too
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:JOURNALIST)