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| *'''Conditional Keep.''' If better references could be found, it would meet the Reliable Sources test. He certainly has sufficient notability. This should be an articles for improvement candidate--not an AFD candidate. Granted, Makow's views are controversial (and some of them even laughable) but that should not be allowed to color the debate on deletion. ] (]) 04:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC) | *'''Conditional Keep.''' If better references could be found, it would meet the Reliable Sources test. He certainly has sufficient notability. This should be an articles for improvement candidate--not an AFD candidate. Granted, Makow's views are controversial (and some of them even laughable) but that should not be allowed to color the debate on deletion. ] (]) 04:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC) | ||
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Henry Makow
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This person fails WP:BIO and appears to be someone promoting his vanity press books (which fall under WP:NB) and articles. There is nothing I note that makes him notable unlike other "famous" conspiracy theorists that have wikipedia articles. All of the sources cited in the article are not mainstream, and violate WP:RS. Given the nature of his claims, though, I am unsure of how you could find any reliable sources - I looked. AnotherObserver (talk) 00:47, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Delete - appears to have some notability, but not enough to satisfy WP:BIO. Calvin 1998 01:18, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Weak Keep. I agree with the nom that the references listed in the article do not pass WP:RS. However, there is some reasonably significant newscoverage by reliable sources. GoogleNews gives 46 hits, a decent number of which pass WP:RS. E.g. New York Daily News, Washington Post, CBC CanadaNews, as well as these ones and others. There is also a reasonable amount of coverage in this GoogleNews search of his childhood "AskHenry" column, although I don't know how much that counts now. GoogleBooks gives 45 hits (I am not sure how many are actually related to him). GoogleScholar produces 26 hits total, a few of which appear relevant, such as this. Granted, this is not much, but for a conspiracy theorist it is not that bad. Reliable sources usually avoid them. So I think one could stretch WP:BIO here a bit. Nsk92 (talk) 02:53, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Conditional Keep. If better references could be found, it would meet the Reliable Sources test. He certainly has sufficient notability. This should be an articles for improvement candidate--not an AFD candidate. Granted, Makow's views are controversial (and some of them even laughable) but that should not be allowed to color the debate on deletion. Trasel (talk) 04:30, 20 May 2008 (UTC)
- Keep Per Trasel & Nsk. Five Years 05:40, 20 May 2008 (UTC)