Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicholas Stix
The article lists six different third-party publications discussing the subject – three books and three articles in three different fields (one author apparently considers the subject an important poet). Nominator asserts, “Subject is a barely-noted blogger …,” but it says here (National Policy Institute) that he was the “project director” of a major report on race in America, and here (Alex Linder) that he is a Jew who interviewed a major neo-Nazi. I just did a http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&q=%22Nicholas+Stix%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wp Google Books search, and he is mentioned in many other books besides those cited in the WP article. http://www.americandaily.com/author/152 This list cites over 20 publications both influential and obscure, none of which is a blog, in which his articles have appeared. To any impartial observer, he is clearly an influential American journalist, though just as clearly one whose work is controversial and elicits strong emotions. However, being controversial is not a criterion for deletion, and the nominator’s obvious intense hostility towards the subject makes his AfD a violation of . Special:Contributions/24.90.201.232|24.90.201.232
— [[User talk:24.90.201.232|talk]]), 16:50, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:IDONTLIKEIT (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)