Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Comiskey

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The result was keep, nomination withdrawn. GRBerry 02:29, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Comiskey[edit]

One notable event. WP:BLP1E applies. NonvocalScream (talk) 01:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Hmm. I don't understand: what is the one event in question? Nsk92 (talk) 01:20, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The foundership and peripheral notoriety. NonvocalScream (talk) 01:27, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep. Sorry to say this (as I personally find this guy's views pretty detestable), but this is not a BLP1E case and IMHO the subject does weakly pass WP:BIO, already based on the sources given in the article. His notability comes from both being a founder of Desert Stream Ministries and from being an author. The sources quoted in the article describe him as notable for both. Here is another small but illustrative example:[1] where his opinion about some book is quoted and he is described as both. One of the sources quoted in the article, the book of Besen (who is very critical of Comiskey's activities) describes him as "arguably one of the five most influential ex-gay leaders". There is quite a detailed guest bio of him at the CBN site[2]. While most of the coverage comes from evangelical christial sources, the book of Besen tips the balance here for me. Nsk92 (talk) 02:23, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I deprodded the article when I saw and added a number of sources at gbooks, e.g. Besen - "Nearly all ex-gay leaders fight agains the devil, but the lead general in this spiritual jihad is Andrew Comiskey..." Lead generals in pretty much any notable jihad are notable, and there are quite enough sources for the article.John Z (talk) 03:40, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep. With the additional sources added by John Z, sounds notable. justinfr (talk/contribs) 11:48, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep John Z's work done before this AFD nomination makes this unambiguous. Passes WP:N. GRBerry 13:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A quick Google search shows he is well-known, not only in the ex-gay community, but also in the much larger Christian community. Joshuajohanson (talk) 18:20, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note I was looking a the pre prod revision of the page before I AFD'd... this one is withdrawn. NonvocalScream (talk) 01:00, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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