Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Merholz

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 nomination was Already deleted by Mailer diablo (though I came to the same conclusion). Deathphoenix ʕ 20:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Merholz

The suggested claim to fame is that Merholz "coined the term webblob", which is fine, except the source given is his own website. Nonsense such as "eats with his mouth open" has been removed from the article. RFerreira 20:41, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Please note that this article was substantially vandalized prior to July 2, 2006. Please review the article history in full before commenting. RFerreira 01:06, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

• Speedy delete - nn Akradecki 20:46, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. —EdGl 21:50, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep! I actually closed this as a CSD and deleted it, but when I went to unlink the deleted article through WhatLinksHere, I realized I made a mistake. This "blob" business is undetected vandalism!! He really lays a claim to coining "blog" as a contraction of "weblog" per [1], as referenced in Blog! That's notable! I have reverted the vandalism. My apologies... - CrazyRussian talk/email 06:54, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

  Comment: Perhaps that attribution should be removed from the Blog article as well. Merholz's own website cannot possibly be a neutral or reliable source. Is there a secondary source which can validate this claim? RFerreira 00:32, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, TigerShark 22:46, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - 'coining' the term weblog 2 years too late is hardly a cause for notability. Artw 23:04, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete the same as inventing the telephone in 1986. SM247^{My Talk} 00:08, 6 July 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.