Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D. Jeffrey Wright
my attempts to discover any significant |reliable sources on the web have failed. Long-time editors of course recognize that  web-available resources are not an absolute requirement for notability, but it does raise modest concern. I searched on several variations of the subject's name, and several organizations mentioned in the article. What I found were essentially trivial or minor references - blogs, social media, organization directory listings, etc. etc. I also attempted more extensive search for some of the references mentioned in the article, which did not contain links. Most of these searches passed reasonable cross-checks but either came up empty (and it was expectable - NPR and Smithsonian magazine for example do not have a deep archives online), or hit content pay walls (e.g. an old Washington Post article is http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-822323.html here). However, I did find the more recent article on the Arbor Day dispute in the LA Times online (and updated Wikipedia appropriately). Also, online sources indicate that Kentucky did have a "Rio to the Capitals" conference, at which Gore gave a keynote speech. However, the minor sources I found did not indicate who was responsible for the event, beyond "the State of Kentucky". In summary, sources do not seem to establish notability; while we have some sources for a small portion of the facts asserted, or a good faith belief backed by some evidence that the sources exist, the content of those references that I can review does not meet our requirements, and from the titles and works mentioned in the non-reviewable sources, it seems unlikely that they would be sufficient for |notability either. It appears that Wright is a hard-working activist who has been referred to by some local press, but without meeting the requirements of notability or reliable sources, we must delete
— User:Studerby, 06:34, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:RS||WP:N (Wikipedia:Reliable sources)