Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mesh Flinders
This nomination fails Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, which states "If the page can be improved, this should be solved through regular editing, rather than deletion." Milowent has clearly been showing that the page can be improved through his https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Mesh_Flinders&diff=311884073&oldid=311868407 recent edits to the page. The nomination does NOT fail the policies listed above due to the following reasons. Wikipedia:Notability states "If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to satisfy the inclusion criteria for a stand-alone article." Flinders has received such coverage as evidenced by the sourced and externally linked publications linked from his article.  states "The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews." Flinders played a major role in co-creating Lonelygirl15, which has been the subject of Lonelygirl15#Footnotes|multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.  -- Flinders is also notable for his short films which were submitted and placed in various film festivals (see Mesh Flinders|the article itself). However, even if you only count him as notable for lonelygirl15 (which he is not, but that's beside the point), 1E states "In considering whether or not to create separate articles, the degree of significance of the event itself and the degree of significance of the individual's role within it should be considered." Since Flinders had a hugely significant role (co-Creator) in the creation of Lonelygirl15 (a hugely significant event - see my argument https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jackson_Davis_(3rd_nomination)&diff=310918368&oldid=310875355 here), he merits his own article. Finally,  does not apply because Flinders' article is not here because he was in the news once or twice, he co-Created Lonelygirl15, which is not a fleeting news story, but a groundbreaking and historical event (by this I mean, it started the genre and was the subject of Lonelygirl15#History|multiple major press coverages when the story about its fictionality broke). ADDITIONALLY, the motives of the individual nominating this page are relevant here. This AfD, about a lonelygirl15-related subject was made mere hours after the closing of the https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Jackson_Davis_(3rd_nomination) Jackson Davis AfD (another Lonelygirl15 related subject), which was closed as keep. This, along with his behavior in the LG15: The Last https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/LG15:_The_Last AfD and following https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Talk:LG15:_The_Last merge discussion show that the editor appears to engage in |tendentious editing and does not have a |neutral point of view when it comes to nominating LG15-related articles for deletion. A full description of his behavior can be seen https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiquette_alerts#User:Otterathome here, and I would appreciate if any third-party editor or admin reviewing this page would please keep that in mind when determining the outcome of this AfD
— User:Zoeydahling, 20:38, 4 September 2009 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:AUTHOR||WP:1E||WP:NOTNEWS||WP:TE||WP:NPOV (Wikipedia:Notability)