Talk:Jerry A. Taylor

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Sources

Slashdot is not a reliable source. The only reason that I didn't wipe this article completely is the link to The Register. This article requires good sources. If none are forthcoming, it will be deleted per our Wikipedia:Biographies of living people policy. Uncle G 17:15, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Huh, this story is so old, I've read about it on the CentOS page a long time ago. Slashdot just can't keep up with the times anymore, huh. Mpontes

I remember when this happened. I also saw the CentOS thing. It was eventually deleted. I don't remember why. --BenWhitey 22:11, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy deletion

There was a Jerry Taylor page way back when, and it was deleted not per BLP but Notability. This one should also go. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mateo LeFou (talk • contribs) 18:49, 26 September 2007 (UTC) [reply]

Found this article by Random Wikipedia article generator. Jerry Taylor has one claim to notability, which is covered in the Tuttle, Oklahoma article. The incident is described in full with references. "semi infamous" is a correct description. Group29 17:01, 22 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

per WP:BLP1E

Articles about living people notable only for one event:

(quote) Wikipedia is not a newspaper. The bare fact that someone has been in the news does not in itself imply that they should be the subject of an encyclopedia entry. Where a person is mentioned by name in a Wikipedia article about a larger subject, but remains of essentially low profile themselves, we should generally avoid having an article on them. If reliable sources only cover the person in the context of a particular event, then a separate biography is unlikely to be warranted. Marginal biographies on people with no independent notability can give undue weight to the events in the context of the individual, create redundancy and additional maintenance overhead, and cause problems for our neutral point of view policy. In such cases, a redirect or merge are usually the better options. Cover the event, not the person.

My take is that this article is an attempt to embarrass or demean the subject, not necessarily to provide information. The news event is covered sufficiently on the Tuttle, Oklahoma page. Group29 21:48, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]