Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam (dog)


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The result was withdrawn. JBsupreme (talk) 18:22, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Sam (dog)

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Delete. If this were about a person, and not a dog, I think it would fail WP:BLP policy. I don't think being awarded "World's Ugliest Dog" by some typepad blog makes the subject notable, either. Beyond that, the poor thing lacks any substantial coverage from reliable third party publications. JBsupreme (talk) 08:29, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Keep Unless MSNBC is a "typepad blog" (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10152429/) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.199.64.163 (talk) 10:42, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

Keep As with people, notability requires independent sourcing. Placing the words "sam chinese crested dog" into Google gets his website, www.samugliestdog.com, along with a couple of pages of direct hits on the dog. Switching to Google news immediately brings up this link. The article needs work, but the subject itself is referenced multiple times in independent sourcing and therefore should be kept. Miyagawa  (talk)  14:29, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Just added some independent sourcing - wasn't at all difficult to find. Miyagawa   (talk)  14:50, 29 December 2009 (UTC)


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