Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Dennis Fakes


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: no consensus. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:47, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Dennis Fakes
A real author of a real book, but his sole notoriety seems to come from this one quote, which is plastered everywhere. I'm neutral on this one, but am nominating it to get the attention of other editors here: should we "beware the man of one quote"? 121a0012 00:49, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Vote closed. Result: no consensus (2 merges; 2 deletes; 1 neutral). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:47, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. When it comes to quotations, some people will always end up as one-hit wonders; and perhaps it's best to leave them with their one-quote stubs rather than expand for the sake of expansion. This person, however, doesn't seem to have the notability required for a Wikiquote page. - InvisibleSun 04:19, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. While this is a good quote, I agree that this person does not appear to meet the notability requirements. ~ UDScott 13:20, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge the quote into Parenting. This seems like another case where the person's notability comes from the quote, and it's difficult, if not impossible, to find any real information about them or the quote on the Web. I don't think that we're likely to ever get more to this page than what we have now, and I'm not entirely sure that the person is notable enough to get their own page; the quote, on the other hand, is worth keeping. &mdash;LrdChaos 14:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge with Parenting, at least for now. I deduce that the subject is Dennis R. Fakes, former pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lodi, California from 1998 to 2004, author of Points With Punch (1982), Points With Punch (Volume 2) (1983), Exploring Our Lutheran Liturgy/How and Why We Worship (1994), and G.R.A.C.E: The Essence of Spirituality (2001), published by a variety of religious and/or vanity presses . Perhaps not compelling for general Wikimedia guidelines, especially with only a single quote, but good enough for inclusion in a theme article, I guess. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 05:57, 8 September 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.