Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Carlin co-founder Funny Garbage, Red Hot
As the founder of Red Hot he passes  #3 - ''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.'' Over the 20 year lifetime he is regularly quoted alongside discussion of the albums, as witnessed by http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=john+carlin+red+hot#sclient=psy&hl=en&tbs=bks:1&q=%22john+carlin%22+red+hot&aq=&aqi=&aql=&oq=%22john+carlin%22+red+hot&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=1a55df9fbf8de13a this Google book search. A lot of the book sources are too "snippety", but possible sources include http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OOvtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22john+carlin%22+red+hot&dq=%22john+carlin%22+red+hot&hl=en&ei=-hLjTO2RGMiAhQfolrnVDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBjgK Alt. culture: an a-to-z guide to the '90s: underground, online, and over-the-counter & http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GIHWAAAAMAAJ&q=%22john+carlin%22+red+hot&dq=%22john+carlin%22+red+hot&hl=en&ei=NxPjTNvSI4W5hAeVlNmlDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCDgU The art of AIDS. His co-founding of Funny Garbage in 1996 was, according to http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pBWfHUiFuawC&pg=RA1-PA96&lpg=RA1-PA96&dq=%22john+carlin%22+-journalist+-actor+-football+%22funny+garbage%22&source=bl&ots=j2VZIORa_5&sig=Mj83eK4tY4N4MYFPYz0jlvbgyEw&hl=en&ei=niDjTLnJEMyAhQe5m52uDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CBwQ6AEwATge#v=onepage&q=%22john%20carlin%22%20-journalist%20-actor%20-football%20%22funny%20garbage%22&f=false Graphic design time line: a century of design milestones a graphic art milestone. Per  he could pass the simple test of ''the academic is more notable than the average college instructor/professor'' for his achievements, but that's a weaker argument to be honest. There doesn't seem to be a selection of properly -compliant sources to pass through , but there are plenty of sources in many different places to verify each bit of information
— User:Bigger, 01:00, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:CREATIVE||WP:ACADEMIC||WP:RS||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)