Deletion of Stanley Wagner (vintner)

Comment: As I stated in the opening, coverage by itself is not sufficient. Coverage within in Wikipedia, including DYK (which doesn't have notability as a criterion) doesn't confer notability either. Also  has relevance if notability has not been established for the person. The article currently doesn't describe anything particularly notable. See "Additional criteria" in 
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTMEMORIAL||WP:BIO)

Comment: I do not believe that having a New York Times obituary is an inherent guarantee of notability. However, it does help establish notability under . Furthermore, the subject received other obituaries (i.e. proper obituary articles, not just one-paragraph death notices naming his survivors and where the funeral will be held). Not only that, he was mentioned in connection with his vineyard business in articles dating back to 1981 or maybe earlier (see http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QvswAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nuAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1610,7357029&dq=bill-wagner+wine&hl=en, http://books.google.com/books?id=K-QCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32&dq=%22bill+wagner%22+wine&hl=en&ei=i9FITOz3HYT78AaUs-yvDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22bill%20wagner%22%20wine&f=false, http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=67MyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U-8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3502,3105145&dq=bill-wagner+wine&hl=en, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/16/garden/a-new-hybrid-shows-potential.html, http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/26/nyregion/selling-new-york-wine-as-good-and-good-for-you-who-knew.html). He seems to have been a person of some note at least within the New York winemaking business, so I would consider him sufficiently notable for an article. (However, I would recommend that the article be '''moved''' to Bill Wagner (vintner) instead; he seems to have been better known by his nickname Bill than as Stanley
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: anyone with a full obituary in the New York Times automatically qualifies under the most basic of Wikipedia criteria, that of non-negligible coverage in reliable sources. As Richard Arthur Norton indicates above, newspaper obituaries of this nature might even be called a defining form of notability - you ''must'' be notable to even be considered for an obituary in a newspaper of record such as the ''New York Times''. If Amatulić does not understand this then I suggest they do some more research into the matter before commenting further: in answer to their questions,  1 & 2 apply and  1, 2 & 3 are all met while 4 could be argued to have been achieved
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO||WP:CREATIVE)

Comment: Passes  easily
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BASIC)