Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnny Lee Clary (3rd nomination)


 * 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. —  Aitias  // discussion 01:02, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Johnny Lee Clary
AfDs for this article:  Non-notable bio likely to have been written by Clary himself. Is not well-sourced and has been deleted in the past. Most professional wrestling fans have probably never heard of "Johnny Angel". Lee C. Ellison (talk) 16:31, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

page should not be deleted. Johnny is a public figure, people have a right to know what they can about him —Preceding unsigned comment added by Traceya7 (talk • contribs) 08:54, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

This article should not be nominated for deletion. It has already been nominated before and voted on and the result was to keep. The article is well sourced and has plenty of references and was not written by Clary himself as Lee C. Ellison alleges. One only has to enter the name of Johnny Lee Clary in any search engine and plenty of sources attests to him as a well known public figure. Most recent news articles have him on the front pages of newspapers all over the world, including New Zealand, Australia and India. In addition there are many news articles written on him in the United States. Just because Lee C. Ellison has never heard of Johnny Angel does not mean no one else has. He never bothered to check his sources on Johnny Angel or Johnny Lee Clary. www.onlineworldofwrestling carries his bio as well as other wrestling websites. This article should not only be voted to * KEEP but it should be sent to an administrator and a protest be filed that it was improperly re-nominated for deletion in accordance with Wikipedia standards. ReaganRebel {talk} 2:26, 1 February 2009 {UTC}

Johnny Lee Clary is a notable figure- I actually came to Wikipedia for the first time to find information on him. He recently was interviewed on a prominent National radio program here in New Zealand and has attracted a lot of subsequent media interest. It's a no-brainer- this page should not be deleted- steveburgess114
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 18:38, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I am a new member to Wikipedia but use it often for all sorts of research and find it valuable to my studies. I appreciate the diversity of subjects whether I agree with them or not, or whether it rubs me the wrong way or not. I believe in freedom of speech as well as equal access to information that is out there. I vote to keep the Johnny Lee Clary page up and going. I don't know what all the hoopla is about. Lets keep our personal feelings out of the way and let truth come forward and stay. Kevincostner (talk) 00:33, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

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Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion/Johnny_Lee_Clary" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevincostner (talk • contribs) 00:49, 4 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep per arguments at previous AFD. He was notable then, and I see no reason not to consider him notable now.  Note that the nominator only mentions his wrestling career, while it is in fact as a reformed former head of a KKK chapter that he is notable. JulesH (talk) 17:37, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Sources establish notability, even if it's self-promotion. §FreeRangeFrog 23:11, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per arguments at previous AFD (agreeing with all above). Why is this continually up for deletion, such a prominant anti KKK spokesman would have many perpetual enemies in cyberland. Perhaps after this, the article should be excempt from this process ever happening again. It doesn't matter if "Johnny Angel" wrestler is not a household name, Johnny Clary former KKK leader, is very well known. User Lee C. Ellison is just anonymous anyhow? why waste so much time with this, doesn't someone have to be at least credible to nominate for deletion? 121.218.37.35 (talk) 12:01, 12 February 2009 (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.