Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Farrar (blogger)

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, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:22, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Farrar (blogger)

David Farrar is well known among the political community in New Zealand, largely as a result of his popular Kiwiblog. Yet there's nothing in this article that indicates that he's actually notable by wikipedia biographical standards. Tell me to get back to work! 22:09, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletions. -- Tell me to get back to work! 22:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete , previous an article about his blog Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kiwiblog was deleted. His blog is fairly popular but not in the top few hundred in the world. Other activities don't really merit an article. If article is kept I sugget a name change to David Farrar (New Zealand) - SimonLyall 22:45, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete. DPF may run one of the top blogs in NZ, but he himself is not notable. Any relevant material should be moved to New Zealand blogosphere. Furthermore, reads like a bit of a hagiography at the moment, with no mention of controversies etc that he has been involved in. --Midnighttonight Remind me to do my uni work rather than procrastinate on the internet 23:19, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete per above.-gadfium 23:56, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, rewrite I don't mind expanding this article to meet Wikipedia's standards. I admit it is something of a hagiography at the moment. --Lholden 02:20, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Week Keep if LHolden is prepared to expand/ edit. Brian | (Talk) 03:09, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Personal entry is not necessary, agree that relevant information can be moved to New Zealand blogosphere. Non-blog actvities do not justify entry. -- InSpace 02:33, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep Farrar's blog is extremely popular in New Zealand, and he is frequently interviewed in the media for his NZ Internet-related activities. There are a LOT of entries that should be removed before this one, and I suspect those calling for his removal are more politically motivated than anything else. Maybe the entry should be expanded to include more of his Internet management activities, but either way, there's absolutely no way it should be removed. --203.109.242.148 07:42, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
• comment see http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2006/08/notable_or_not.html. May attract trolling. --222.153.188.85 08:44, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Google has 81,600 results for "David Farrar" + kiwiblog, surely enough to justify notability. Farrar is frequently quoted or interviewed in the media and he runs a very successful and popular blog - there are many less notable people with Wikipedia articles about them. Amygdala 11:03, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep or Name Change One of the most notable bloggers in New Zealand, has been nominated for various blogging awards, has one of the largest local readerships in New Zealand. To reiterate comments above, if Farrar isn't notable, neither are many other NZ based bio entries. As per Simon Lyall's suggestion perhaps a change to David Farrar (New Zealand) might be in order, so some of his other activities might be included --noizyboy 02:01, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• KeepBut it would be good if someone could establish criteria for notability as a blog host - like number of hits maybe, or TTLB ranking as was suggested on NZ Blogosphere talk [1] User:A.J.Chesswas
• Delete David is a nice and knowledgable guy, but he is not notable. He runs a very popular blog, and that is the extent of his notability. Indeed I would go so far as to say that few outside blog/media circles (including a few names above) would have heard of him Ham21 11:07, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Kiwiblog is a very popular blog. Mero99 04:11, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as this guy is notable and verifiable. --Myles Long 17:19, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as a result of the rewrite by LHolden, the person seems sufficiently notable. RFerreira 19:11, 10 August 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.