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The result was keep. meets WP:GNG (non-admin closure)  —HueSatLum 17:27, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable. All of the references are coverage of events and not the individual. Ridernyc (talk) 15:38, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - References 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 13 are covering an event--the event being that Roger Brooks has come to town. The articles are entirely based upon Brooks and his work with the communities. Refernces 18-20 are articles about something that Roger Brooks himself did; the event is Brooks' work. All other sources specifically center on Brooks or an offshoot of Brooks' work, except for the Michael Jackson references, where he is less central. Can you please read the above articles and let me know why you believe that Brooks is not central to them? Jeremy112233 (talk) 15:52, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:18, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep - This person has received significant coverage in reliable sources, thus passing WP:GNG and WP:BASIC: [1], [2], [3], [4]. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:44, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Also, this article was nominated for deletion five minutes after it was created. See: Roger Brooks: Revision history. Wikipedia is not about attempting to remove articles from the encyclopedia right after they're created. Rather, it's about building a digital encyclopedia comprised of notable topics. Perhaps the nominator should consider not being so hasty to have new content immediately removed from the encyclopedia, and allow time for article improvements to occur. I've taken the liberty to award the article's creator a barnstar for their efforts in taking the time to create this article, because covering notable people improves the encyclopedia for the public. Northamerica1000^(talk) 17:48, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - More sources are available from this refined search:

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—Northamerica1000^(talk) 18:11, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Looks like it meets GNG, he seems to have received a decent amount of coverage. Mark Arsten (talk) 20:46, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Again coverage is of the events not of the subject. Ridernyc (talk) 23:05, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Ridernyc, what specific events are you talking about? Can you specify within particular references what you mean? I'm always willing to improve an article based on convincing replies. Best, Jeremy112233 (talk) 23:19, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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