Talk:A. J. Jacobs

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Vanity, childish nonsense. — Bill 11:19, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)

  • Delete. Not encyclopedian. Might be a newbie test page also. jni 11:45, 7 Oct 2004 (UTC)
  • That page really should be a disambiguation page for the various companies and organisations named Jacobs (a Google search throws up loads of independent results). Of course until someone decides to write those articles this should be deleted. —Rory ☺ 11:58, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep. Not really nonesense. I moved it to A.J. Jacobs which is where it belongs. Someone can go back and make Jacobs a disam page if they like. — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:00, Oct 7, 2004 (UTC)
  • Very very weak keep, but it was actually incorrect. Jacobs is an Esquire Magazine writer who has been an NPR guest commentator. His primary gig is as a staff journalist. His book has been somewhat popular, but is it enough? Geogre 13:30, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Excised material

I excised the following, as it violated WP:ASR and was just generally unencyclopedic:

  • When Jacobs began outsourcing his life for an Esquire piece, he asked his Indian assistant, "Honey K. Balani", to write a biography of himself on Wikipedia. A bizarre article soon appeared on Jacobs calling him "The King who thinks he Knows it ALL!", "a not so unheard international figure" and a "writer and editor of phenomenal grey-matter" ... "a living form of encyclopedia at large." [1]

JianLi 04:48, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Then why leave the part about the esquire wiki piece?BabuBhatt 23:08, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Strange article

Well, maybe the subject is just about notable (at a push), but is there anything encyclopedic about statements such as: "He enjoys shaving, talking about almost stoning someone and appearing on various new programs."? Timothy Titus Talk To TT 22:16, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

A. J. Jacobs is a fascinating and very funny writer of important books. Do not delete. Persuade him to write a book about Wikipedia. Das Baz, aka Erudil 17:06, 24 December 2007 (UTC) Let's send him some letters saying: Dear Mr. Jacobs, please spend a year writing articles for the Wikipedia, and then write a book about it. Thank you. Das Baz, aka Erudil 17:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)