Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joel Leyden


 * 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 of the debate was KEEP. Mo0 [ talk ] 05:58, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Joel Leyden
Autobiography. Major claim to fame seems to be that he created the website Israel news agency. Delete Rasmus (talk) 15:10, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete bio per nom. Essexmutant 15:29, 9 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. But needs more organization and assertion of relevance or impact.  But there is some notability there.  And almost surely self-written. A www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLD,GGLD:2005-05,GGLD:en&q=%22Joel+Leyden%22 Google search did turn up a decent number of results.--Esprit15d 16:37, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep bio per nom. Simply perform a search for Joel Leyden on Google Web and or Google News - you will find over 116,000 entries. Those numbers should speak for themselves. Israelbeach 19:49, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. No valid reason to delete this per comments above. Editing can improve articles. -- JJay 21:52, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong keep per above. Werdna648T/C\@ 10:03, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong delete - still looks to be auto-biographical to me. Nowhere does IsraelBeach deny being Joel Leyden. And this reads like a resume, not an encyclopedia. -Jcbarr 18:23, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Auto-biography. bogdan 19:16, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Joel Leyden states that he created these articles www.israelnewsagency.com/wikipediagoogleisraelleyden5580110.html here, which explains the hagiographic gloss. - BanyanTree 19:56, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. My name is Joel Leyden and I am Israelbeach. According to Wiki guidelines : "Published authors, editors, and photographers who have written books with an audience of 5,000 or more or in periodicals with a circulation of 5,000 or more" such as this story www.israelnewsagency.com/wikipediagoogleisraelleyden5580110.htmlwhich which is presently ranked number two on Google News when searching for "wikipedia" is reaching millions on the Net. I do not understand why this thread was created? If you feel that you can edit this auto-biography - then please do. Auto-biographies are abundant on Wiki including one by Wiki's founder. I would certainly feel better if those of you who wish to delete this article took the time to research who I am. It would take just a few minutes on Google and Google News under "joel leyden." And as suggested above, I am the shoemaker here walking without shoes. Please feel free to edit. As stated above: "Editing can improve articles." Be my copy desk. Just keep it accurate, objective and balanced. Thank you and best wishes.
 * Keep. Appears notable enough. -- Arwel (talk) 00:51, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, but it should be copyedited by one or more editors, and sources should be provided where possible.  The editor was acting in good faith when writing, but wasn't aware of the policy on biographical articles; this does not merit deletion by itself.  If Mr. Leyden would provide some third-party sources that verify the information, that would be very helpful.  &mdash;siro&chi;o 10:35, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. www.google.com/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&hl=en&q=%22Joel%2BLeyden%22 16,800 Google hits is rather notable. Although I did not verify if they are all about the same person most of the top 10 seem to refer to him. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 04:24, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. &mdash;nancetlv 11:50, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. &mdash;achlasaba 14:58, 12 January 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.