Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Hockenberry

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This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. Sjakkalle (Check!) 13:05, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] John Hockenberry

Delete maybe. I bring this here for assistance, fully aware that VFD:NOT cleanup. This guy is evidently the author of a blog which is a good indicator of non-notableness. But the blog gets lots of Googles; again not too special. But is there something special about The Blogs of War? -Splash 02:53, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

I don't usually do this, but I'll say this VfD is redundant; I didn't do my research properly and got distracted by the word "blog". This is a keep, obviously. -Splash 03:25, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
  • I'd have speedied it, whether or not he's notable this isn't an article. --fvw* 02:57, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
    • Nice rescue, keep. --fvw* 03:25, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep the current version of the article. Pburka 03:20, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
    • Ah, that would have been the first Google hit, wouldn't it? Ahem. I forgot to look for the name of the person, so sure was I that the blog was all he'd be known for. Apologies. -Splash 03:25, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Yep, we have to be careful about our visceral reactions to buzz words and allow time for editors to make a page useful Keep --Mddake 03:39, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as notable journalist. Capitalistroadster 04:23, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
  • keep -- well-known journalist. DavidH 05:32, August 17, 2005 (UTC)
  • Speedy Keep. Way notable, major U.S. broadcast and print media figure. MCB 07:08, 17 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep --Craigkbryant 21:24, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Why would you delete an article about a major media figure, who happened to have won numerous press awards?

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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.