Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brendan Burke
This deletion debate has become notable in itself, partly because of a large number of stories in the blogs like http://www.towleroad.com/2010/02/brendan-burkes-life-marked-for-deletion-on-wikipedia.html this one. Many of these blog pieces have misunderstood what "notable" means on Wikipedia. It also unfortunate that accusations of homophobia have been made, since this was never an issue. Even if the article was deleted (which is now looking unlikely), the information about Brendan Burke's death would be merged into Brian Burke (ice hockey). The http://twitter.com/search?q=brendan%20burke%20wikipedia Twitter crowd has also been massively excited about this. Anyone for explaining  in 140 characters or less
— User:ianmacm, 09:14, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Notability)