Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Johnny Rebel (singer)


 * 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. Issues with the page can be discussed at the article talk page. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 04:57, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

Johnny Rebel (singer)

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Reason Seamus45 (talk) 20:44, 5 April 2017 (UTC)

I was wondering why this page celebrating an otherwise unknown racist bigot is even in Wikipedia. I was under the impression that to qualify for an entry, the subject must be a person of some distinction or renown. Before I came across this entry, I had never heard of this individual before, and I doubt if anyone else (outside of perhaps members of a white power movement) has heard of him either.

This piece seems like an encomium to this person, or at the least a normalization of his “philosophy” - if that word can be used in conjunction with whatever passes for thought processes in such people.
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2017 April 5.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 21:12, 5 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep No valid deletion rationale has been provided. This is a case of WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Exemplo347 (talk) 21:38, 5 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   17:48, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Louisiana-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   17:48, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep. Having a Wikipedia article is not a question of whether we approve of what the person is notable for or not — racists and bigots do get into Wikipedia if they were the subject of enough reliable source coverage to clear WP:GNG. The fact that Wikipedia has an article on somebody does not mean that we endorse them; it just means people might be looking for the information. If you have concerns with the article's tone, flag it for WP:NPOV, and no prejudice against renomination in the future if somebody can provide more compelling evidence that it's not suitable for some reason (e.g. he's just namechecked within the cited sources rather than being their subject) — but we don't delete articles just because some or most editors don't like the person. We don't have to like the reasons why someone is notable — but we do have to accept that some people are notable for bad reasons. Bearcat (talk) 18:13, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


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