Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Yglesias

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This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was keep. Ben Standeven 23:50, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Matt Yglesias

Delete If every blogger gets a page, we're in trouble. There should be some other type of accomplishment! Bloghate 04:39, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

  • Weak keep. This guy seems notable. Has written for the New York Times and appeared as a commentator on radio and TV. Borderline, but enough for me. Article needs work though. — Gwalla | Talk 04:53, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable blogger and journalist. Capitalistroadster 05:12, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Very notable on both sides of the American blogosphere, as well as in his capacity as a journalist. NatusRoma 06:05, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Over 640,000 Google hits. Given the plethora of Star Wars and Star Trek trivia available here, at least Yglesias is a real-life media personality with political blogs, newspaper columns and media appearances to his name. Same as Kevin Drum actually. --Peripatetic
  • Delete: Again, freelancing is not notability. Neither is a Harvard education. I may read his blog, but that doesn't mean that we should cover him. If Wikipedia is not a web guide, then that means that we're not a web guide to other things on the web, either. Very, very few blogs are the very, very top of the profession (Atrois, Wonkette, Fatt Sludge). It follows that we not cover even the "big" blogs unless there is some other form of notability. Geogre 15:03, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep--I would argue that Yglesias has "some other form of notability" through his media appearances and widespread writing. Meelar (talk) 19:15, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep--I was about to joke "Of course we should keep him, he's an A-list blogebrity!" Then I realized that nobody would probably understand what I was talking about. So I went ahead and created the article for Blogebrity. --Arcadian 22:48, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete wikipedia is not a web guide, non notable outside of his blog. JamesBurns 23:58, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Wikipedia is no more a web guide than it is a pop culture trivia guide. unsigned vote by Peripatetic (talk · contribs)
    • User has already voted above. — Gwalla | Talk 21:07, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep, Yglesias is somewhere in the top 10 of notable blogs. Kaibabsquirrel 22:57, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Contributions by nominator are suspicious given the (potentially offensive) user name. Considering an WP:RFC if these disruptive actions continue. Hall Monitor 17:10, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Almost 100,000 hits on name in Google. --TNLNYC 22:33, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep - Although I disagree with him politically, I do think he is a relevant person to have listed here. --Wahooker 17:00, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be placed on a related article talk page, if one exists; in an undeletion request, if it does not; or below this section.