Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Java Joel

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 keep due to evidence presented indicating sufficient notability. Somebody go cleanup the article and add all those sources to it. Johnleemk | Talk 16:13, 3 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Java Joel[edit]

Moved from speedy; radio personality seems to be beyond speedy criteria. Potentially verifiable TimPope 10:45, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I'd say he's a notable person, though the article requires a thorough cleanup.Soothing R 11:15, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete only claim to fame is getting Justin Timberlake to insult him. Ruby 14:30, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. --Sleepyhead 14:35, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete although he did win the prestigious Jock Conference Slammer Award. Eusebeus 15:35, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not notable enough. Latinus 19:24, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete verifiable but far too few Google hits to indicate genuine notability. Just zis Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 21:47, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Shock jock that has been on the air in multiple highly populated cities. Was fired for a racial slur and made headlines on several notable radio publications as well as became a topic of discussion on multiple radio shows afterward. Discussion also occured on the unofficial Opie and Anthony wackbag website. He has also been a morning drive personality on more than one radio station.
Joel's resume
Radio Ink Magazine article
Billboard
RadioNewsWeb
Google cache Chicago Sun article (includes arbitron ratings)
Google cache of 106.7 KissFM
Java Joel airchecks from multiple stations

I think wikipedia needs to rethink how it treats radio personality bios for commercial am/fm/satellite and internet radio. It took me 10 minutes to find this information, which should be included in the article. There is way too much "I haven't heard of it so it must not be notable" garbage associated with these topics. -- Randomgenius 22:41, 30 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.