Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Birdman

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The result of the debate was delete. · Katefan0^(scribble) 22:36, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] The Birdman

vanity site, google turned up no hits for either John Bryant or his alias "The Birdman", or at least none for this guy. Although a picture of him does show up when search "John Bryant" on google images... The_stuart 19:36, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

• Comment (never listed on afd/vfd by nom - now fixing) borderline notability nearly 300 googles but mmost are noticeboard posts - published author - but not on amazon (?) poss vanity publishing (no vote) --Doc (?) 16:55, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I've had some encounters with him, going back to before the Web even existed; he's (in)famous in Mensa circles. *Dan* 17:33, September 5, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, vanity Pilatus 17:40, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Strong Delete. Apparently Mensa has lowered its standards. I'll bet you dollars to donuts that 80.42.95.92 is Bryant either in disguise or sockpuppeting. This article reeks of POV ad ranting, and it's humorous that he tries to cement his notability by adding a link to alexa, which has him at around 73,000. If he has problems, i'm sure he can always get his cousin, Harvey Birdman, to represent him in Wikicourt. Karmafist 17:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: Just for reference, Mensa's standards are based solely on IQ, as measured by standardized tests, not on morality, ethics, or non-looniness of political or social ideas. *Dan* 17:55, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

Comment That's my point. How can someone with such poor grammatical skills be considered a genius? Is he an autistic savant genius who can calculate Pi to the umpteenth place, but poops in their pants while doing so? Is he a genius at cheating on IQ tests? Does he get to combine his IQ with the IQ of the bird sitting on his head? Help me out here.

If he didn't write this, then I apologize because alot of the article sounds like a Press Release written by someone that doesn't speak English. I have no problem with contreversial and/or notable figures, but this is neither unless you count "The dumbest person ever to be considered a genius by Mensa" notable. Karmafist 19:11, 5 September 2005 (UTC)

• Delete; Mensa membership, vanity press, and a website plus $1.50 will get you a ride on the subway. Paul 18:46, 5 September 2005 (UTC) (P.S. Bonus points for Karmafist. rofl.)
• Delete - nn CLW 19:04, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete with prejudice (non-notable, vanity, advertising). If we can't find any prejudice to delete with, I think there's some extra laying around at his website we could probably borrow. Nandesuka 19:47, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per Paul, but note that city subway fare is now $2; there are no non-notable anti-semetic kook discounts. Sdedeo 20:48, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, only 29 unique Google hits for "John Bryant" "The Birdman", only seven Usenet hits, only 9 Usenet hits for "john@thebirdman.org", only 34 unique Google hits for "john@thebirdman.org". Zoe 21:26, September 5, 2005 (UTC)

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