Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Bowen (second nomination)

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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. --Fang Aili 說嗎? 05:12, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kevin Bowen (second nomination)

Vanity page for an obscure personality. Should be merged with Something Awful article. RabinicLawyer 22:39, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

This is not a 'vote'. I threw it in when fixing the nomination. Undecided so far. Kotepho 02:48, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep separate from something awful Fleft 05:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep He's pretty well known for his poker parody and SA writing. He has a promotional deal with UltimateBet.com. He's in videos with Phil Hellmuth. [1] --waffle iron talk 22:53, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
    • You're a member of the obscure fan base that would support this article... to the greater world he is very un-notable RabinicLawyer 23:07, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, non-notable fancruft. incog 22:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, just because some guy is in advertisements doesn't mean he deserves a vanity page. Rather un-notable outside of SA. --TrollHistorian 23:18, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

*Keep He's pretty well known for his poker parody and SA writing. He has a promotional deal with UltimateBet.com. He's in videos with Phil Hellmuth. [2] --waffle iron talk 22:53, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep There are plenty of articles of this type on wikipedia for people of far more obscure origin. Just because he has a niche audience doesn't mean he should be taken down. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by WellsLaRivière (talk • contribs) .
  • Delete Vanity nonsense --Curval 23:26, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per waffle iron. --badlydrawnjeff (WP:MEMES?) 23:29, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - notability seems asserted to me, and the tone of the article is pretty much NPOV. Colonel Tom 23:51, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep we have articles on much less notable subjects. -Greg Asche (talk) 23:59, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Col_tom and Waffle. JoshuaZ 00:01, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per Curval --Afed 00:09, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Kuralyov 00:27, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, it's Bill Fillmaff for god's sakes. --Liface 01:27, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep This slew of SA nominations just seems like bad faith to me. Danny Lilithborne 02:06, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Notable for poker promotions, especially Demilio 03:59, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per waffle iron. Gail Wynand 04:08, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep as argued above KASchmidt 04:13, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment, I believe TrollHistorian and incog have some SA jealousy considering they are trying to get most of the articles about Something Awful deleted.
  • Keep Notable, and the wikipolice need to stop hiding behind words like vanity and fancruft. Sonic Hog
  • Keep Notable. Why does RabinicLawyer hate Something Awful? Donkay ote 04:17, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Danny Lilithborne. --AlbertHerring 04:19, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Non-notable single personality. The post on the general forums at SA indicates bad faith. MrKeith2317 04:37, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per William Graham Deleuze 05:03, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep What do you have against Something Awful Lawyer? Did they make fun of your website or something?--The_stuart 18:58, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep He is a notable comedian and writer. Eunabomber 22:00, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, bad faith nomination, and per Colonel Tom. Kuzaar 19:58, 28 April 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.