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The result was Keep per WP:SNOW, non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 18:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Billmon[edit]

Bio article should be deleteed. Subject's blog has been deactivated for over six months. Subject no longer meets (and may never have met) the Wikipedia criteria for personal notability. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Principle (talk • contribs) 2007/07/18 03:14:48 — Peter Principle (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 10:06, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy strong keep Billmon was one of the absolutely most notable profile of the blogosphere, in the same class as Steve Gilliard, Matthew Yglesias, and Kevin Drum among others.--Victor falk 11:09, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Does this meet the speedy keep criteria? Morgan Wick 16:36, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as notable. Just because the reason a person is notable is no longer current is not a reason for deletion. Should Don Imus's article be deleted because he's no longer on the air? I note that this AfD is the only edit of the nom. —Travis ^talk 14:47, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Can easily pass WP:N and WP:V. Not a fair nomination. Adrian M. H. 16:40, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, primary topic of articles in WIRED and Philly Inquirer, passes WP:BIO. Notability is permanent. --Dhartung | Talk 17:53, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep due to defective nomination, which calls for deletion based on non-currency of notability. Wikipedia says notability is permanent, and there is no basis for nominating an article because the subject is no longer active in his area of notability. WP:Nis satisfied by the award he won as a left of center blogger, by widespread discussion on the web, and by two press articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer. I will add 2 sources to the article which have substantial coverage and satisfy WP:N and WP:A, namely "'Blinq | At Whiskey Bar, was it last call?' Daniel Rubin. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News (wire service). Washington: Jan 3, 2007. pg. 1 which said "Russ Wellen, writing in OpEdNews, called Billmon 'the man who may have done more to bring respectability to blogging than anybody.' " and "'Blinq | As blogger burns out, his fame fades, too.' Daniel Rubin. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News (wire service). Washington: Apr 15, 2006. pg. 1" which said "Two springs ago, Billmon won a Koufax Award when the place he calls Whiskey Bar was voted the best-written lefty blog in America." and "his name carried weight in blog and political circles." I found both at Proquest. The OpEdNews is a blog with signed contributions and editorial supervision with selection of what is printed [1] and appears to satisfy WP:N. There the article referred to in the Inquirer is at [2] and could alos be added to the article. Edison 18:13, 20 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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