Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ed Kalnins
I personally don't like the way the media try to find controversy, but we at WP can't ignore it just because it's awkward, or we would also have Jeremiah Wright at AfD.  There is a danger in saying, "This is controversial and  so we can't write anything about it" and then saying "Because we can't write about this, it is a stub with no references" and therefore it should be deleted.  Based on that, we'd never get articles written about Monica Lewinsky.  Let's remember, people aren't Googling Ed Kalnins because they want to write a high school essay about his childhood.  I added a fairly neutral sentence to the Kalnins article, with a citation (from the Huffington Post) indicating that Ed Kalnins has come into the spotlight recently. I think that if Ed Kalnins importance fades away, and Palin isn't elected to VP, then maybe I'd support deletion.  But for now, we need to have this article in place, in case the news story really takes off
— User:Walkerma, 16:48, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:COAT (Wikipedia:Coatrack articles)