Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John McIntyre (copy editor)


 * 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. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 03:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

John McIntyre (copy editor)

 * – (View AfD) (View log)

Doesn't seem to pass the notability test. An assistant editor of a newspaper who writes a blog. Sent here instead of prod because there could be something I'm missing. (ESkog)(Talk) 23:13, 2 January 2008 (UTC) 
 * Weak delete. I'm not sure this person merits a biography per WP:BIO or if what he's done is significant enough.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 23:24, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep I found a couple sources that are strong; the first two, from the TIME blog, 12, may not be too good because after all they are blogs; however, being featured in a section of TIME magazine is pretty big. Alongside that I found this source on ABC news listing him (I found these on this Google search). He's also mentioned in a plethora of other blogs and links, which to me indicates that he's a well-known blogger. Master of Puppets  Call me MoP!  00:11, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: The guy writes funny stuff for a blog, but a lot of us do that with the same general level of notability this person seems to possess. The aforementioned sources are blog postings and a link to a blog posting, respectively. The only strong source I could find was a short bio at the American Press Institute website, which doesn't seem to be able to confirm any notable awards or events that can be attributed to Mr. McIntyre. Sidatio (talk) 04:46, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Bongwarrior (talk) 00:55, 8 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete the fact that blogs are trying to be relied on to establish notability demonstrates that this person doesn't meet the guidelines, they fail WP:V and aren't usable to establish it. Not only that the blog isn't independent of the subject since he writes for them: . Notability can only be established by significant coverage in reliable subjects independent of the subject.--Crossmr (talk) 03:03, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: I've added a few notable references to the article and done some rewriting. Master of Puppets   Call me MoP! ☺  23:04, 13 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep: This person seems to pass WP:N: he has been featured in various media forms and was president of a notable institution. On the point of blogs passing WP:V: Time Blog is slightly different I would say, they are more like online columnists. Not anybody qualifies for that, TIME is a respected magazine. Poeloq (talk) 23:14, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment:The page should probably be rename, does (copy editor) really describe him the best at current? Poeloq (talk) 23:15, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Perhaps John McIntyre (blogger)? I was considering moving it to that earlier, but didn't want to disrupt the AfD. Master of Puppets   Call me MoP! ☺  00:04, 14 January 2008 (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.