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The result was delete. SoWhy 12:14, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
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Peter Videnieks was created in February 2009 by User:ThsQ. ThsQ was a sockpuppeteer who used several accounts, including at least User:Hag2, User:ThsQ, User:Anne Teedham, and User:Merry Yellow. I'll use Hag2 to refer to this person. Hag2's interest was in creating content on the Inslaw law suit. The law suit, which lasted in various forms over ten years, eventually acquired very conspiratorial overtones, some of which can still be seen in the articles on Michael Riconosciuto, Danny Casolaro, and Earl Brian. Hag2 was the top contributor on all of these articles (in addition to the Peter Videnieks article, Hag2 also created the Earl Brian article), and filled them with much conspiratorial bilge that still hasn't been cleaned up. The Casolaro article is certainly notable, but Riconosciuto and Brian are questionable, and Videnieks is simply not notable. The article has had no substantive edits since Hag2's sockpuppets were banned, and it is apparently linked to only by the pages mentioned above. Rgr09 (talk) 01:01, 20 May 2017 (UTC)
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 21:36, 28 May 2017 (UTC)
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:48, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jupitus Smart 17:08, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
- Redirect to Inslaw. This is a coatrack for conspiracy theorists. -Location (talk) 17:50, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
- Delete I don't think this meets WP:BLP. Power~enwiki (talk) 19:24, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
Relisting comment: To discuss whether to merge/redirect to Inslaw
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SoWhy 07:51, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
Location has suggested the article might pass on WP:POLOUTCOMES #2. Summarizing Videnieks's government career, he was a contracting officer in the Justice Department and Customs Service, and I've found references to him working for the IRS, but no dates or details. These are non-notable positions as far as I can tell. He did, however, serve from 2008-2012 on the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. I've gone through all the commissioners, and contrary to my original impression, their service on the commision is the main content in a couple of articles (Larry Wortzel, Michael R. Wessel), so I guess its good enough for a stub article. If there's agreement, I'll withdraw the suggestion for deletion and clean up the Inslaw conspiracy coatrack. Rgr09 (talk) 12:00, 12 June 2017 (UTC)
- Delete lacks significant coverage in RS to meet GNG. I see no need for a redirect.Dlohcierekim (talk) 10:53, 20 June 2017 (UTC)
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