Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John WI Brown

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete this incorrectly titled page. W.marsh 05:10, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John WI Brown

This is almost certainly a vanity page. The subject's notability is questionable. Was raised as a speedy delete, but does not fit speedy delete criteria. DLJessup (talk) 17:50, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete meets db-bio criteria IMHO.Gator (talk) 17:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete but not speedy. He doesn't seem to me to be important enough for a WP article, but I think a case could be argued either way. --David.Mestel 17:57, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge his bio into The Daily Buzz. I was ready to delete, but then I found that this seems legit and the show is syndicated to 139 stations around the US. (Brown profile) NoSeptember talk 19:03, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per NoSeptember. What's with the double letter middle initial? Thatcher131 19:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
    • The individual in question actually replaced the article text of John W. Brown (a union organizer who apparently was important enough to have a Liberty ship named after him) with his own info. I spiked that, and he recreated the page as John WI Brown. Once the AfD has been resolved one way or another, we should probably move his article to John W. Brown (newscaster) or something like that. — DLJessup (talk) 21:15, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - I won't judge whether Brown's notable enough or not - however, merging his info into the Daily Buzz article maybe shortlived - although nothing's been officially announced, I've heard that he may be leaving the show soon. TheRealFennShysa 20:05, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Vanity page Nigelthefish 20:13, 20 March 2006 (UTC)


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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.