Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Ryan (journalist)

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The result was DELETE. Rje 04:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tim Ryan (journalist)

A journalist who got fired for plagiarism. Briefly in the news but not really encyclopedic; I don't think this article would have lasted this long were it not related to Wikipedia. Cites the Signpost twice; does now have independent references, all from his home state, one of which is a blog. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 06:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. Proto::type 09:48, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Interesting at the present, but will age badly Jimbo68 13:31, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Delete Interesting at the present, but will age badly, and encyclopedia's don't do passing ephemera. -- GWO
• Delete. Absent any other factors I'm missing, simply a working journalist who messed up. Far too self-referential, and frankly, the guy's suffered enough (Ann Coulter, on the other hand...). --Calton | Talk 08:43, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• Merge any relevant sources to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin article. This man gave that paper a black eye. But he doesn't need his own article. Jacqui^★ 20:27, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.