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Subject matter isn't notable for anything other than their involvement in the Gamergate controversy. This pretty much puts them into the "single event" category; anything of value here can be pushed into the actual
Gamergate controversy article.
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02:53, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
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delete per nomination. There are precedents for keeping, but each of these has existed in circumstances where there has been a preponderance anticipating "eventual" relevance/notability. It's unlikely based on events thus far that Cernovich will ever be notable for any other efforts. --
rm 'w avu04:34, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
So, 77.97.24.152, you seem to have a thorough knowledge of Wikipedia's inner workings. What was the name of your registered account? Why are you not using it here?
Binksternet (
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12:39, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
Aside from one IP account whose edit was reverted and Thorrand, a fairly new account that reverted the IP's edit, the only other recent editors are Salvidrim! and Jorm, neither one of whom was sent from GamerGhazi to edit this article. The article might have been discussed in that forum on reddit but there is no evidence of an influx of new editors vandalizing this biography.
LizRead!Talk!19:41, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
I got here from
WP:AE, actually. I saw Thorrand's posting there and examined their contributions, which brought me to the article.--
Jorm (
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20:06, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
(
edit conflict)While I definitely wouldn't say I "came from GamerGhazi to edit the article", the Reddit thread is indeed what prompted the article's SPP, as I've made clear in my edit summary -- without it being mentioned on Reddit and pointed out to me, I would've probably never stumbled upon this article. I protected it less than an hour after the thread first started and before it started to pick up any traction, so the protection is probably a big part of the reason there weren't more IP/SPA edits to the article after the first one reverted by Thorrand. ☺ ·
Salvidrim! ·
✉20:09, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
Wow, the pre-edits version is hilariously awful, and I'd probably think it a deliberate parody if I'd not encountered GamerGate SPAs before. Chainsawing that mess down to size was entirely appropriate.
Artw (
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13:25, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
SNOW delete Not only is this your typical case of BLP1E pretty much all reliable sources written about him are extremely negative. Absolutely no good can come from keeping this as an article.
Bosstopher (
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14:58, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
Delete If Cernovich's major accomplishment is claims to own several websites and has a podcast available on iTunes, I don't believe this satisfies basic notability requirements. According to
WP:BLP1E, this article should not be kept as Cernovich is likely to remain, a low-profile individual and the individual's role [in the event] was either not substantial or not well documented.
LizRead!Talk!19:33, 6 July 2015 (UTC)reply
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