Talk:Desmond Devlin

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This article was nominated for deletion on August 8, 2007. The result of the discussion was keep.

I have added further data for context and notability, much of which appears on the Wikipage for MAD. The Slaubaugh and imdb links provide additional sourcing. The

v • d • e Contributors to Mad "The Usual Gang of Idiots" Editors Jerry DeFuccio | Al Feldstein | John Ficarra | Harvey Kurtzman | Nick Meglin Writers Anthony Barbieri | Dick DeBartolo | Desmond Devlin | Stan Hart | Frank Jacobs | Tom Koch | Arnie Kogen | Ernie Kovacs | Barry Liebmann | Jay Lynch | Andrew J. Schwartzberg | Larry Siegel | Lou Silverstone | Mike Snider (writer) Writer-Artists Sergio Aragonés | Dave Berg | John Caldwell | Don Edwing | Al Jaffee | Don Martin | Paul Peter Porges | Antonio Prohías Artists Tom Bunk | Bob Clarke | Paul Coker, Jr. | Jack Davis | Mort Drucker | Will Elder | Drew Friedman | Russ Heath | Bernard Krigstein | Peter Kuper | Hermann Mejia | Norman Mingo | Tom Richmond | Jack Rickard | John Severin | Angelo Torres | Rick Tulka | Sam Viviano | James Warhola | Basil Wolverton | Monte Wolverton | Wally Wood | George Woodbridge | Bill Wray Photographers Irving Schild Related articles Mad Magazine | William M. Gaines

template indicates the subject's place among "The Usual Gang of Idiots." Why this MAD page in particular would be contested was (and is) unexplained beyond Wikipedia generalities.--Three Dollar Horcrux

Definitely should be kept. Prolific writer for a culturally significant magazine for many years. That this was deleted in the first place seems problematic, at least put it through a standard deletion process.Falard 14:36, 5 August 2007 (UTC)