Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Junichi Semitsu


 * 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 was: delete. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:48, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Junichi Semitsu
Not notable. I don't think that claims of being "the first embedded blogger with any band" mean very much, and don't make someone notable. There's no Wikipedia page for this person, and not that many Google hits. &mdash;LrdChaos 20:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Vote closed. Result: delete (5 deletes; no dissent). ~ Jeff Q (talk) 22:48, 21 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete. &mdash;LrdChaos 20:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 20:15, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 20:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. 121a0012 02:23, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but check this out: . There's actually an article about this! However, unless he achieves a greater measure of fame, his blog doesn't seem like a wiki-reliable source, so I must concur with deletion. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:22, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: If a person's sole claim to fame is as a blogger, what source would you consider "reliable"?  For the purposes of a compilation of quotations, I would always prefer primary sources over anything second-hand.  (I'm not going to defend this page on that ground—it has other flaws—but I've seen you say similar things on other occasions and I'd like to understand where you are coming from.)  121a0012 02:47, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I misspoke (miswrote?) above. I was thinking more about a source for Semitsu's notability, not his quotes. I personally prefer primary sources for quotes as well, although there are complications to this (transcribing spoken dialog, possible blog alteration by its operator, etc.) that Wikipedia avoids by relying on disinterested secondary sources with professional reputations to protect. (Blogs don't have nearly enough history to have established a firm ethical infrastructure for accuracy and accountability, as has the mainstream press, despite recent sensational misadventures.) For now, I'm thinking that a notable subject's blog is a legitimate source for his/her quotes. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 01:41, 13 September 2006 (UTC)


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