Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Don Ed Hardy


 * 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 Keep. —Quarl (talk) 2007-01-03 08:24Z 

Don Ed Hardy

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Tattoo artist and self-published author. Name-drops a ton of celebs and apparently a "pop culture icon". Only source to back up these assertions is his own site.  Dei zio  talk 20:30, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 *  Weak keep - alternate source here for some of the article. Otto4711 21:56, 29 December 2006 (UTC) Upgrade to keep based on rewrite. Otto4711 20:49, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - while this is an incredibly poorly written article, Don Ed Hardy is a major tattoo artist who's contributions to the industry are numerous. I'm going to try and do a total re-write of this article over the weekend to right the situation and hopefully address the issues with the current article. Glowimperial 23:13, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - I've done a total re-write of the article. Please take a look at it in its current state before commenting or voting here.  I think I've addressed the issues. Glowimperial 15:55, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - (I don't know if unnamed passers-by can vote or not, so I apologise if this is a breach of etiquette). Don Ed Hardy is a major celebrity in some subcultures, and at least some of his celebrity name dropping can be verified by sources other than himself (the Needled blog for example). He is more than just a self-published author. Also becoming increasingly well known due to the highly successful eponymous clothing label. Deleting an article because it's poorly written is a knee jerk reaction - poor writing does not mean the subject doesn't deserve an encyclopaedic entry. --59.167.84.214 10:41, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - why is this up for deletion? Ed Hardy is at least as famous as Kenneth Howard. Seragenn 17:32, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
 * More famous, as I've heard of hardy but never heard of Howard. Otto4711 20:49, 1 January 2007 (UTC)


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