Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sheldon Schafer

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I originally created this article in 2008, honestly I am not sure why I did. This article in my opinion does not meet the standards of WP:POLITICIAN and should be deleted. Marcusmax(speak) 03:58, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

• Delete As an unsuccesful political candidate, he fails WP:POLITICIAN and no other claim of notability is made. Nominator is to be commended for recommending deletion of an article they wrote, based on a better understanding of notability developed with time and experience. Well done. Cullen328 (talk) 17:56, 13 April 2011 (UTC)

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• Delete fails WP:POLITICIAN. never held major political office. LibStar (talk) 02:14, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
• Comment: He might meet WP:BASIC via WP:GNG. He's been head of Lakeview Planetarium (at Lakeview Museum in Peoria, Illinois) for a quite a while, and has taught astronomy at Bradley University since 1980. He was behind the Lakeview-centered model solar system, which is supposedly the largest complete model solar system on Earth, and some articles about the model system focus on Schafer himself:
• {{cite news | url = http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-14/features/0409130209_1_solar-system-pluto-planet | title = Pedaling to Pluto: A trek across world's largest complete solar system model: Through cornfields and into stores at the 'speed of light' | first = Charles | last = Storch | date = 2004-09-14 | work = Chicago Tribune | location = Chicago | publisher = Tribune Company | archiveurl = http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/467/2023794.html | archivedate = 2008-11-04 | accessdate = 2011-04-18 }}
• {{cite video | title = Size and Scale: Peoria and Beyond | work = Discovery Channel School [now Discovery Education] | publisher = Discovery Communications }} — a 9-minute Discovery Channel School video about Schaefer and his bicycling between the Lakeview model planets. This seems to be from around 2001. May be that Schafer is the host, not the subject.
• {{cite video | url = http://store.discoveryeducation.com/product/show/51222 | title = Discover Magazine: How Big Is My Universe? | work = Discovery Channel School [now Discovery Education] | publisher = Discovery Communications }} — 26-minute Discovery Channel School video (VHS DC723478; DVD DC023542) from around 1999, same subject. This seems to be from around 1999; I don't know how it relates to Size and Scale: Peoria and Beyond. May be that Schafer is the host, not the subject.

:--Closeapple (talk) 14:03, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

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• Delete CloseApple's comment certainly made me take a second look, and the lakeview model is certainly fascinating and might be worthy of an article itself, but I don't think an article on the man is called for. Wickedjacob (talk) 03:53, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

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