Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greg Lindahl 2

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 delete. W.marsh 01:14, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Greg Lindahl

This had been created and deleted before. Here's the old afd: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Greg Lindahl. I don't know what to think of this guy but it was tagged for speedy and disputed so more discussion seems appropriate. Ned Wilbury 21:58, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Delete -- Fails WP:BIO unless it now includes "People who use a computer alot". Hey, I qualify for that... just. I particularly enjoyed the conversation on his user page concerning the creation of the article. Bubba hotep 22:21, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment -- and I don't mean any offence to the subject, I might add (assuming good faith, just for a second here). Bubba hotep 22:23, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per above. --Kf4bdy ^{talk contribs} 02:59, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete WP:VANITY L0b0t 03:58, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Clear case of vanity. ike9898 16:22, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I believe this article qualifies under two categories of notable persons:
  • The person made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in their specific field. Greg is doubly significant in the history of IRC, as the instigator of EFnet and the writer of the first bot.
  • Google Test -- Does a search for the subject produce a large number of distinguishable hits on Google or other well-known Internet search engine? Quite a significant number of articles show up on Google if Greg is searched for. Results 1 - 100 of about 139,000 English pages for "Greg lindahl". That's an incredible number of articles! The overwhelming majority seem to be about the history of IRC.
  • Also, a number of wikipedia articles already link here.
  • I created the article. I'm not Greg (check my contribution history, etc.) Greg didn't ask for this. How is it vanity?Fourdee 01:25, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

The entertaining thing about this process is that the person who could actually fill out the article with information relevant to the vanity issue isn't allowed to, because that's vanity. I'd be lying if I claimed this is funny, actually, this repeat creation by well-meaning people followed by deletion is very cruel. Greg 00:12, 30 October 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.