Talk:Ezra Klein

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This article was nominated for deletion on 2008-01-12. The result of the discussion was keep.

To retain this article, please:

Find biographical information from unbiased source. Note that as a biography of a living person, all facts must be cited.

Establish relevance and noteriety.

It seems like he's pretty notable given his publications and press credentials. Also with the greatest of respect it would seem that you'd be in a better position to throw around declarative sentences like "To retain this article, please:" if you a) had an account as opposed to an ip and b) got basic facts right (like that his blog is not defunct). All the best, Makgraf 08:35, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, did not have account any more (thanks to somebody stealing my password.) I have been using and editing Wikipedia for about 2.5 years.

I use the declarative since this article was mostly written by one or two people and I assume they (including you) are watching it for changes. As the creator and major contributor, you obviously know more about the subject than most; please cite where you got your facts. Per the policy on biographies of living persons, "Unsourced or poorly sourced controversial (negative, positive, or just highly questionable) material about living persons should be removed immediately from Wikipedia articles, talk pages, and user pages." While not controversial, this material is not sourced.

Furthermore, at two previous accesses, the current blog link led to a holder page advertising web hosting services. It is now linked correctly to a blog.

NotHenryMak 22:11, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm sorry about your account and flattered at being called a major contributor (though I actually only created the article with 2 sentences, made a couple of cosmetic changes). I'm also not particularly knowledgable about Klein though I guess probably do know more than most people just because I read his blog and the vast majority of people don't (or to put it another way that I know he exists while most do not). Certainly, it's a good thing to add more sources and I will start looking for some. I'm curious though why you did not put up [[one of these Template:Unreferenced] instead of a deletion. I haven't really heard an argument about him being non-notable. Makgraf 04:08, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

Which sentences do people think need citations. Also I'm aware about the distaste for citing blogs but should we for blog-specific stuff / biographical things? Makgraf 22:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] center left

should it be mentioned that he is center-left?

http://ezrak.blogspot.com/2003_02_23_archive.html#89760009

"This often leads to me, as a moderate democrat, defending the right against a 25 person onslaught" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.62.95.59 (talk) 02:24, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

I don't think I'd classify him as center-left, certainly he's no fan of centrism [1] (or at least centrism qua centrism). He very well could be a moderate compared to campus lefties but still be on the liberal edge of the overall political sphere. Makgraf 05:45, 23 April 2007 (UTC)