Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Luke Johnson Phone Experiment

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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 was keep. John254 00:33, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Luke Johnson Phone Experiment

Luke Johnson Phone Experiment (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable experiment. Jmlk17 04:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

  • I'm sorry for checking your contribs after you nominated an article on my watchlist, but I don't understand how your statement "non-notable" reconciles with an experiment that has been covered by "CNN, NPR, BBC News 24, The Rachael Ray Show, The Today Show, the Art Fennell show, several local news channels, as well as a number of national and international newspapers, magazines, and radio stations." That would seem to inarguably establish notability. --JayHenry (talk) 05:03, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
    I redacted some unhelpful commentary. Apologies. --JayHenry (talk) 05:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak keep The experiment had coverage over a couple of months. I'm sure it was on the lighter side of the news, but seems to meet the notability guidelines. The article, appropriately covers the event, not the person. -- Mark Chovain 06:59, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Several sources on the web can be found, as well as the appearances and coverage in other, traditional media. Celarnor Talk to me 07:00, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong keep despite personal feelings to the contrary. Much as I loathe and abhor this whole phenomenon wherein some random guy posts a YouTube video, it becomes viral, and he becomes famous for being famous, it was featured in some major news sources and that makes it notable. "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." --Andy Warhol OlenWhitaker • talk to me or don't • ♣ ♥ ♠ ♦ 16:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC) 16:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete I am the creator of this article. Looking back, I don't even know why I decided it was worthy. Qaddosh (talk) 19:34, 18 March 2008 (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.