Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Ooi

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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 of the debate was keep. Johnleemk | Talk 15:25, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jeff Ooi

I'd say he's pretty non-notable, all he has achieved are a few contributions to a few Malaysian blogs.. Keep, see down. Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 16:29, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep. He's an influential Malaysian blogger. See Technocrati [1]. Try even Google [2]. And take a look at Reporters beyond Borders [3]. He might not be known worldwide but that's because the blog covers mainly Malaysian related stuff and majority of its readers are Malaysians. So, deleting this blog might constitute systemic bias. __earth (Talk) 06:42, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Earth. Ardenn 07:38, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Not only that, but Jeff Ooi was even mentioned by BBC News in the Malaysian lock-up detainee abuse scandal and also in two other BBC articles! [4] [5] [6] He's undeniably the most influential person in the Malaysian blogosphere. Seems a bit disturbing to me that you nominated an article for deletion based on a personal opinion and without doing an in depth search first. No offence intended though. --Andylkl [ talk! | c ] 12:21, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
I did do an in-depth search, but couldn't find these BBC articles which you refer to now. All information which I had found didn't seem to make him meet the notability-guidelines. I apoligize for my oblivion. Thanks for the information, and for this reason I'm changing my vote to keep.Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 13:49, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
Ah, no problems about that. Though just curious, what led you to think he was in the Singaporean blogging scene? :) --Andylkl [ talk! | c ] 14:05, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
I stumbled upon Cowboy Caleb (who is Singaporean, according to his article) by accident. After I nominated that for deletion, I started wandering around in more articles relating to the Southeast-Asian blogscene.Image:Weather rain.pngSoothingR 15:35, 1 February 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.