Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iain Sinclair

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 * Original research. &rarr;Raul654 04:06, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Yacht 04:09, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * This should be speedy-delete material. Some happy wiseacre simply clicked on the requested article link. - Hephaestos|&#167; 04:13, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * That this article is "original research" is the least of its problems. It's a high school essay about video games, mentioning the name of its author in its first line, that never once mentions the name "Iain Sinclair."  I'm in fact trying to delete it now (it's a speedy deletion if there ever was one), but haven't been able to do so.  Could another admin please try to delete this one?  The process isn't working for me.  Moncrief 04:15, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * I tried too, didn't work for me either. - Hephaestos|&#167; 04:18, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Reasons above... but IMO is not even passable for a highschool essay. Stream-of-consciousness "research" into laziness. Abscissa 04:42, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * OK, I replaced the initial bilge with a (hopefully) acceptable stub, so Keep. 67.124.48.102 05:48, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep stub. Nice work. Meelar 05:53, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks. From some of the comments I read, he seems to be the Michael Moore of London (instead of corporate America--either love him or hate him. Made me interested in his writing. Niteowlneils 05:29, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, now that it's been entirely rewritten and is actually about Iain Sinclair. Moncrief 06:18, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep new version. Fennec 06:50, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * I'd like to have it deleted to get rid of the history with the obnoxious essay in it. Then a genuine page can be started with the stub that's there now. -- Friedo 07:02, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: That's a sensible suggestion, but it's not a reason to delete under current policy, nor technically easy AFAIK now that a genuine article has been written sharing the same history (which is the reason for the policy I guess). Food for thought. Andrewa 03:05, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * I have added more detail to the stub so keep - seaeagle04
 * Keep, yes. It looks fine now. - Hephaestos|&#167; 07:20, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep now. DJ Clayworth 15:36, 26 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Cyrius | Talk 20:01, Mar 26, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, very good article now. PMC 04:22, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)