Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billmon
due to defective nomination, which calls for deletion based on non-currency of notability. Wikipedia says notability is  permanent, and there is no basis for nominating an article because the subject is no longer active in his area of notability. is satisfied by the award he won as a left of center blogger, by widespread discussion on the web, and by two press articles in the Philadelphia Inquirer. I will add 2 sources to the article which have substantial coverage and satisfy  and , namely "'Blinq | At Whiskey Bar, was it last call?' Daniel Rubin. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News (wire service). Washington: Jan 3, 2007.  pg. 1 which said "Russ Wellen, writing in OpEdNews, called Billmon 'the man who may have done more to bring respectability to blogging than anybody.' " and "'Blinq | As blogger burns out, his fame fades, too.' Daniel Rubin. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Knight Ridder Tribune Business News (wire service). Washington: Apr 15, 2006.  pg. 1" which said "Two springs ago, Billmon won a Koufax Award when the place he calls Whiskey Bar was voted the best-written lefty blog in America." and "his name carried weight in blog and political circles." I found both at Proquest. The OpEdNews is a blog with signed contributions and editorial supervision with selection of what is printed http://www.opednews.com/member_submissions.htm and appears to satisfy . There the article referred to in the Inquirer is at http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_russ_wel_061221_surf_veying_the_prog.htm and could alos be added to the article
— User:Edison, 18:13, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Stance: keep
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