Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Carrier
What is the criteria for notability? According to Wikipedia:Notability (people), it has nothing to do with whether the man has an impressive CV or if you think the website he writes for is famous or not. The criteria is whether there has been enough external notice from '''intellectually independent sources''' so that we can write a |verifiable and |neutral article without having to engage in |original research. Sources that establish notability are things like: http://www.answeringinfidels.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=86 a critical response to his book, http://home.ca.inter.net/~oblio/CarrierComment.htm a response to his review by Earl Doherty, and  http://www.tektonics.org/qt/rubicon.html a mention on the apologetic website "Tektonics". These are the kind of stuff that establish notability because they are completely independent of the subject, and independent from each other, and therefore can help us write a neutral account of his views
— User:Merzul, 14:30, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:V||WP:NPOV||WP:OR (Wikipedia:Verifiability)