Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roblimo

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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. —Wknight94 (talk) 20:52, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Roblimo

Roblimo (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Doesn't seem to be much information on this person outside his own websites, no independent sources also blatant conflict of interest, Neutral at this point. Daniel J. Leivick 20:36, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete Unless independent, third-party reliable sources can be found to assert notability. Most of the assertions don't seem that notable to begin with (having been a free-lance writer, a few computer manuals, some new online video ventures that don't seem to be major yet). There seems to be a lot of content about him, but everything I find about him so far seems to be from his own sites or other blog/forum sites. Fan-1967 20:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Rename and Redirect He's all over Slashdot - he's perfectly notable (famous, even) from his work there. I'd keep his article under his RL name instead of the nick. -- Bpmullins | Talk 20:58, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment I don't quite understand, being famous amongst visitors to a notable website one works on is not really notability, what we need are independent reputable sources. -- Daniel J. Leivick 21:09, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Exactly. The question is, is he well-known outside slashdot? I've seen Jimbo Wales (misspelled "Whales" once) in three separate articles in the Chicago papers over the last few months. If he was only known within Wikipedia, he wouldn't merit an article. Any coverage like that on this guy? Fan-1967 22:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Quite notable geek celebrity.--OinkOink 22:36, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment "Notable" does not mean "popular" in Wikipedia (or anywhere really). We need third-party reliable reliable sources on this person. In fact, where does the information in the article come from? ColourBurst 23:21, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Quite frankly, it doesn't matter if he's famous in Slashdot. Danny Lilithborne 22:45, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, he's not "famous in Slashdot", he's famous for being the ed. it. or. of Slashdot. Difference. 49 GNA results including major media. --Dhartung | Talk 23:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
    • WaPo staff profile WaPo interview profile --Dhartung | Talk 23:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
      • Update I don't know why I said "staff", but pizza was being waved in front of me while I was trying to finish the entry, and I blame the pepperoni. --Dhartung | Talk 01:43, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Keep Well, works for me, but get a couple of those in the article and please make the article fit the sources. ColourBurst 01:06, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment I am still a little concerned, the major media sources on GNA are generally because he writes for the Washington Post, which in and of itself does not establish notablity. -- Daniel J. Leivick 01:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep very notable, but rename to his real name GabrielF 01:19, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Note regarding COI: all he did to the article was wikify it. --Dhartung | Talk 01:52, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak delete I don't think he passes the "will anyone care in 10 years time" test. Not convinced being an editor on Slashdot confers notability. Akihabara 02:21, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • He is more then a Slashdot editor now, he is the Editor-In-Cheif for the parent company, OSTG [1]. He has written several books and for some major newspapers. I think that we should Keep this article. meshach 03:02, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep -- Slashdot was the first major Geek news site. It was highly innovative and is famouns, notably for the "Slashdot effect." The term "Slashdotted" was coined to describe the effect on a website of being mentioned on Slashdot.(the effect is to overwhelm the site with traffic, usually taking it off the air.) Roblimo is probably the name most associated with slashdot. To Geeks of the years 2000-2004, the name Roblimo is probably one of the top ten most recognized geek celebrities, right up there with Stallman and Thorvalds, and certainly more recognizable than the guy who started Wikipedia (I can't remember his name.) -Arch dude 03:14, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per notability mentioned above. Neier 11:32, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. The article has a single external source - not enough per WP:BIO. Sandstein 22:54, 11 January 2007 (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.