Wiki143:Articles for deletion/John Valby

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John Valby

This appears to be an advert. Note the near identity between the page contents and the external link.Mwanner 00:24, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)

  • Delete: Ad for a non-notable performer. A clubber. Geogre 05:51, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. Ad, vanity, and doing off-colour versions of covers isn't notable. Wyss 19:52, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. Same reasons as above. Spangineer 04:48, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete See above. BenS 05:12, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete The reasons that some of the others have said [[User:Squash|Squash (Talk)]] 06:35, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
  • Keep Believe it or not, I've heard of this guy outside Wikipedia. A tape of his was the hit of my summer camp cabin when I was 12 years old. He seems to have a cult following (possibly limited to 12 or 13 year old boys, admittedly, but still notable.) A google turns up 17,600 hits for "John Valby" and a Google groups search turns up a fair amount of discussion of him and his lyrics. Note that the user who created this page has a history that extends before and after the creation of the John Valby page, which indicates that it was not a vanity account. (Assuming that the IP number of this non-registered user has not actually been used by multiple people.) I agree that the entry is just a copy of the info from his web page, but that seems to argue more for a cleanup than a deletion. --Jacobw 12:18, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)