Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ryan Lackey

This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was Keep --Allen3 ^talk July 4, 2005 18:57 (UTC)

[edit] Ryan Lackey

Entry appears to meet definition of a "vanity page", given tone and content. Mostly anonymous edits, probably being maintained by the person in question. 24.91.173.75 05:50, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. Person appears to be notable, and it is not true that the page has mostly anonymous edits. Not to mention this page has been around since at least early 2002. Eric119 06:07, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment.
    • He's not even remotely notable; he's a college drop-out who worked a couple of jobs and attended a few conferences. He happened to manage an ISP that failed, which in and of itself would have never been heard of had it not been for his involvement in the whole disaster known as Sealand, which itself would have been unheard of had it not been mentioned in Wired, also nothing more than hype.
    • Sorry about the confusion on the anonymous edit bits, you're right. Side note- although we can't see history prior to 2002, I strongly suspect he was the author, and he's quite aware of its existence, having edited the page himself, and linked to it from his Wikipedia user page (which is where all this belongs)
    • The age of the page has no relevancy; it is still a vanity page.
    • The article makes claims which are unsupported (such as establishing Iraq's post-war internet infrastructure, highly dubious). Numerous mentions of OpenDBS, which has not been implemented(google for OpenDBS returns a 'coming soon' page).
      • So be bold and remove them, explaining the lack of verifiability in your edit comments and (if necessary) on the talk page. Uncle G 12:44, 2005 Jun 20 (UTC)
    • The majority of links to the page are from Sealand-related pages, or articles which mention Sealand.
      • Degree of internal linking is not a good metric to use for this sort of thing. Uncle G 12:44, 2005 Jun 20 (UTC)
    • The purpose of the article seems purely to mention his e-cash ventures (again, Vanity Page!)
    • —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.91.173.75 (talk • contribs) 06:53, 2005 Jun 20 (UTC)
• Keep. Kinger414 06:20, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - the Sealand connection makes him note-worthy, at least while-ever the Sealand business continues to "bubble under" as, variously, a micronation with a geographical location, a data-hub, and an alleged scam. --Simon Cursitor 07:27, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Weak Keep borderline notable. JamesBurns 10:19, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Weak delete, notability not established, and I just snipped links to his e-mail address. This is rather obviously written by Ryan himself. I don't see how being a microcitizen is notable. Radiant_>|< 10:39, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete with extreme haste. If the is encyclopaedic, recruitment firms have got piles CV's on thier desk we could be using to give wiki a better reputation than even 'World Book'.--0001 14:03, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Radiant. --Xcali 14:49, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. ~leif ☺ _(talk) 23:22, Jun 20, 2005 (UTC)
• keep but please clean up too Yuckfoo 23:46, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• keep Has had noteable involvement in privacy, ecash and strange other ventures around. Worth watching, worth keeping. - Also note the activity on this in one day... maxinux 02:12, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep if there is a major cleanup to move a lot of the vanity content. I have tried an edit to consolidate around a simple descriptive bio and notable projects with hopefully less repetition, but it needs more. frankh 23:11, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I found the article useful, even though a bit of a stub... Cleanup. "He happened to manage an ISP that failed" (above). This is incorrect. Havenco is still operating and setting up new servers (I can personally confirm this as of today!). jebba 23:38, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I am the referenced party. I don't really care much either way, but this article exists mainly as a link from Sealand former HavenCo, and for Iraq stuff. I do support the edits to make the entry more encyclopaedic (which in this case is mainly making it shorter and more concise/factual). My edits to date on this article mainly consisted of changing specific details (like an old email address being updated), or other specific minor edits. rdl 20:00, 28 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep He is all over the net. Somebody I would come looking to Wikipedia to find out about. Jeshii June 29, 2005 12:03 (UTC)

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