Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Magee (journalist)

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The result was keep, with comments from both regular editors and single purpose accounts considered. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 02:27, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Mike Magee (journalist)

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NN journalist. Only 180 unique Google hits. [1], and some of those hits belong to an athlete who is unrelated to the journalist. This journalist has not received multiple independent reviews and awards for his work, fails WP:BIO. Dionyseus 00:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete as nominator. Dionyseus 00:27, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, highly notable as a journalist, meets WP:BIO [2] [3]. --badlydrawnjeff talk 00:39, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment How exactly does those two articles show that the journalist is notable? Mike Magee is not the primary subject of either of those two articles. Dionyseus 00:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Mike Magee is notable due to his involvement in the publications. --badlydrawnjeff talk 00:55, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
        • Comment I do not see that listed as one of the criterias in WP:BIO. Dionyseus 00:57, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
          • I think he meets "Persons achieving renown or notoriety for their involvement in newsworthy events," but I'll also note that WP:BIO states that it "is not intended to be an exclusionary list; just because someone doesn't fall into one of these categories doesn't mean an article on the person should automatically be deleted." --badlydrawnjeff talk 01:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Sufficiently encyclopedically notable from founding The Register and my favourite IT cheep 'n' cheerful dirty rag, The Inquirer. Bwithh 03:45, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Bwithh. -- H·G (words/works) 07:21, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

KEEEP!!!

  • Keep Involvement in the move to online IT journalism is notable.
  • Keep. He is a pioneer of IT news. Chinesegary 11:47, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep If we deleted everyone Dionyseus didn't like there'd be no one left in Wikipedia apart from him. Magee was - and is - a driving force in IT journalism. Not just in the UK, but worldwide.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.187.79.84 (talk • contribs)
  • Keep. His work in IT journalism is legendary. User:Mekkie 13.27, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. His patronage of the Talisker Distillery is notable enough for an entry in WikiPedia
  • Keep. This suggestion by Dionyseus seems to be a spiteful move in a partisan vendetta he has started against The Inquirer see : http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33033 SuddenlyBunty 01:35, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. The gentleman has an inspired and loyal worldwide fan base, inspired enough to fly around said world and meet up from time to time. And his reporting has often beat other sources by a wide enough margin to beat stock market analysts at their own game. --Sdmahaneysc 13:16, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable IT journalist - perhaps not in Dionyseus's world, but then not all of us have so insular a world view. Qmann 14:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. The world would be a poorer place without journalists of Mike's integrity. US hacks should watch and learn. How do I nominate Dionyseus for being banned from Wikipedia for being a sad Dune fanatic? 81.187.79.84 14:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
    • (1) Watch it with the personal attacks and (2) you already commented above to keep. Syrthiss 14:55, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. I agree spitefull attack by Dionyseus, due o hm being shown up as an asshat over the everywheregirl, pathetic be a man! :( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.23.23.166 (talk • contribs)
    • ...which just earned you a block for personal attacks. Tally ho. Syrthiss 18:40, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • KEEP I have voted before, but am now registered. I have worked with Magee on and off for over ten years and I can think of no other hack more deserving of a wiki entry for his contributions to online journalism at both the Register and the Inquirer. I worked with him at the Reg and the Inq and against him as a PR for Intel and Cadence. He is a one off. At one of the UK's top PR agencies, his biog reads simply: 'Mike is a grizzled veteran with a fearsome reputation'. Doctor Spinola 17:39, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Bwithh and badlydrawnjeff. To say that he is not important when a company as HUGE as VNU has this to say about The Inquirer: "The Inquirer has excellent reach into a high-value audience of knowledgeable and influential readers – a group that are notoriously hard to reach through mainstream publishing channels. Rounding out our UK online portfolio with The Inquirer gives us the reach we need to take full advantage of all the audience opportunities that exist within B2B and specialist technology publishing,” said Ruud Bakker, UK Managing Director, VNU Business Publications Ltd" is just ridiculous. And yes I am The Everywhere Girl, but this is not a personal issue. --Jennaluna 01:23, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
  • KEEP Bad Faith Nomination FullSmash26 01:24, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
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