Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Chaney


 * 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. --Ezeu 11:08, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Michael Chaney
It is a cute story and he was the subject of some media attension, but there is no need for a whole article on a guy who had 15 minites of fame. This should be merged into Windows Live ID which deals with Passport.net Jon513 13:42, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Non-notable bio.  Fabricationary 13:59, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Let me take the liberty to vote for User:Jor70 the creator of the page who left this message on the talk page of the article
 * why should be deleted ? There are historical facts

(by Jon513 15:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC))
 * Merge per above. -- Captain Disdain 15:21, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep He's done quite enough to be notable. Wikipedia should record people who were intensely famous for a short time, for the historical record.--Runcorn 16:51, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * He paid 35 bucks on behalf of Microsoft one time. Sure, it got him his fifteen minutes, but saying that it made him intensely famous seems like a pretty serious exaggeration... -- Captain Disdain 21:55, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Got him a lot of tabloid space in Britain.--Runcorn 19:48, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, this is not notability. Please.  User:Zoe|(talk) 22:27, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect per nom. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 22:58, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
 * link to a slashdot article that chronicles the incident http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/12/25/114201 (the forum is trying to figure out why hotmail is down. After a while the find that Microsoft didn't pay the fee. Near the bottom the page Michael says that he pays it! a little bit after that it is reported that it is fixed). and another slashdot article that mentions him http://features.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/05/16/1321225 quoting him saying that paying the fee was "a Slashdot thing". Jon513 03:50, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Terrific!, this should be added to article! Jor70 16:42, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Hotmail; he is not independently noteworthy. Do not keep separately unless further notability can be demonstrated. -- nae'blis (talk) 20:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
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