Talk:A.J. Jacobs

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from VfD:

Vanity, childish nonsense. — Bill 11:19, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

• Delete. Not encyclopedian. Might be a newbie test page also. jni 11:45, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
• That page really should be a disambiguation page for the various companies and organisations named Jacobs (a Google search throws up loads of independent results). Of course until someone decides to write those articles this should be deleted. —Rory ☺ 11:58, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
• Keep. Not really nonesense. I moved it to A.J. Jacobs which is where it belongs. Someone can go back and make Jacobs a disam page if they like. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:00, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
• Very very weak keep, but it was actually incorrect. Jacobs is an Esquire Magazine writer who has been an NPR guest commentator. His primary gig is as a staff journalist. His book has been somewhat popular, but is it enough? Geogre 13:30, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Excised material

I excised the following, as it violated WP:ASR and was just generally unencyclopedic:

• When Jacobs began outsourcing his life for an Esquire piece, he asked his Indian assistant, "Honey K. Balani", to write a biography of himself on Wikipedia. A bizarre article soon appeared on Jacobs calling him "The King who thinks he Knows it ALL!", "a not so unheard international figure" and a "writer and editor of phenomenal grey-matter" ... "a living form of encyclopedia at large." [1]

JianLi 04:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Then why leave the part about the esquire wiki piece?BabuBhatt 23:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC)