Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Young (Cryptome)

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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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 03:23, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Young (Cryptome)

Any Tom Dick or Harry can maintain a website. Doesn't make you notable. This article doesn't seem to grasp this concept. Delete Bombycil 04:44, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Please review the Cryptome article before determining that his site is non-notable. Also, we're voting about the person, not the site :)
Adrian Lamo · (talk) · (mail) · 19:18, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Abstain. I userfied the article but it has been recreated so I will revive the AfD. -- RHaworth 19:09, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, Young maintains a site that's well-known in the press and in the tech world. He's been covered extensively on c|net and slashdot, been bashed in Reader's Digest, visited by the FBI, subpoenaed by a state attorney general, and has extensive notability within his strata. Perhaps a niche topic, but not a non-notable one. Adrian Lamo · (talk) · (mail) · 19:16, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge back into Cryptome, unless he has some other claim to fame. Peyna 23:02, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep as meeting notability standards. Cryptome is hardly a Tom, Dick, or Harry website. Turnstep 02:56, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Noteworthy personality, interesting stub. -Colin Kimbrell 22:07, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Legitimate personality, biography was done on ABC News also covering his architectural practice. Borther-in-law was CIA agent. Calwatch 05:32, 2 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.