Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Boerebach
First of all, I'm not suggesting that the subject is notable because of his appearance on a quiz show. The subject is a disabled person with an unusual ability, a savant, and that is, I think, why he has attracted attention in the press, and I think that coverage is significant enough to meet the general notability guidelines. Please note, if we can trust the WebCite entries, apparently http://www.webcitation.org/5mpFrDCJJ ZDNet, http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/news/general/we-need-work-says-music-man/234056.aspx St George & Sutherland Shire Leader and http://www.webcitation.org/5mpygyYNJ Penrith had a brief articles about him in 2000-2007, before his appearance on the show. For those reasons, I think  does not apply here. The number of google news hits is, as far as I know, not a criterion for notability under WP policy. Yes, I think the documentary counts for establishing notability--Special_Broadcasting_Service#Current_Services|SBS is apparently a national broadcasting service, and they aired the documentary. I think they count as a reliable source. I readily acknowledge that if the documentary had never aired, or was only shown at film festivals, it would be a different matter, but that is not the case. That the documentary is not itself notable is not, I think, an issue, as we do not require that sources themselves be notable--there are literally millions of books, articles and journals used as sources on WP that are not themselves notable, but in any case, appearing in WP or IMDB would not establish the documentary's notability because WP consider neither itself nor IMDB reliable sources. Nor do I think the relationship between the subject and the director is an issue, since SBS would be considered the publisher of the information. thinkBIG may not be a major magazine--perhaps I am missing something, but I am unaware of any policy that says that a magazine has to be major to count as a reliable source. The Age is a broadsheet, seems to be reliable enough for this subject. The St George & Sutherland Shire Leader looks to be very local, but I think that's counterbalanced somewhat by the degree of coverage he's received, four articles over 4 years. He's also apparently been interviewed on http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Steve+and+Sandy+interview+top+40+Guru+Mark+Boerebach&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 television and http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=2CHs+Bob+Rogers+interview+Russell+Kilbey+and+Mark+Boerebach&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 radio. None of the sources are connected to the subject as far as I can tell and there are lots of them, and all of the ones used in the article appear to be reliable. So from my point of view, there's enough evidence that the sufficient sources can be found, if they have not already, to establish notability under GNG, and I'll shut up now and go do some work
— User:Nuujinn, 01:47, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:ONEEVENT (Wikipedia:Notability)