Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jed Brandt (activist)
or '''Merge and Redirect into Brecht Forum''' The article needs cleanup, but political activists (left and right) do not have a specific notability criteria, and hence general notability  applies solely, and I think this subject meets the standard in his specific context of extra-parliamentarian political activism (in particular, he has been published by reliable third parties, who makes him an author who was attacked in the mainstream media - notability is a line in the sand, and I think this crosses it). There are some issue with sourcing that can be fixed (the subject does show up in google and has been involved in notable efforts as a notable, documented participant in these efforts). Certainly he is propelled to the forefront by Glenn Beck's attacks and I can understand the whiff of #NEWS Cobaltbluetony feels, because I also get it. But Glenn Beck attacking someone is not pedestrian, and there is reason why the attack happens: this subject is recognized as an influential person (one of the measures of notability) in his melieu, and while notability is not inherited, it is certainly contextual: of all the people who speak of communism in the Bretch Forum (I mean, the Forum is named for a card-carrying commie :D), Beck chose Brandt for a reason. Notability cannot be revoked, so even if Glenn Beck changes his mind, for better or for worse, he has made Jed Brandt wiki-notable. That said, even if my argument is not convincing, and the community feels this is not article-worthy, I offer that rather than deletion, a merger of the web available biographical information and the http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,587789,00.html FoxNews link be included in Bretch Forum as a section, because it would allow to access the information on this particular controversy, which based on the notability of both Glenn Beck and the Brecht Forum, its not a trivial matter as per #NEWS. There, I did my  job for the time being, where is my cookie? :P
— User:Cerejota, 01:31, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NOTE||WP:NOT||WP:NOT||WP:ARS (Wikipedia:Notability)