Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evan Ratliff

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The result was keep. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 01:45, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Evan Ratliff[edit]

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This appears to be a WP:NOTNEWS violation to me. He doesn't appear to be notable outside this event. — Dæ dαlus ^Contribs 05:19, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, news fodder. P.S. this appears to be double listing, unless my browser is acting up. JBsupreme (talk) 06:30, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. It must have happened when I had that twinkle error. I nom'd the page using it, but when I got here, it wasn't created yet, so I did it again, and that time it worked.— Dæ dαlus ^Contribs 08:34, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Besides this journalist having been a major contributor to Wired Magazine he was the subject of National Public Radio and San Francisco Chronicle interviews outside the "one event" the nom referenced.[1][2]. His work has been referenced in numerous books [3], again outside the "one event".--Oakshade (talk) 06:52, 25 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable outside the one event. SirFozzie (talk) 21:21, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - There are a few events he's notable for, not just one, so it doesn't really fail WP:NOTNEWS, Lord Spongefrog, (Talk to me, or I'll eat your liver!) 22:07, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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