Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaither Ben Thompson
Folks, let's get real here; whatever your distaste may be for the Anna Nicole nonsense, this individual more than meets the notability requirements of . There are now http://www.google.com/search?q=%22g.+ben+thompson%22+OR+%22gaither+ben+thompson%22+-site%3Awikipedia.org 150,000 entries for him on Google, and http://news.google.com/news?q=%22g.%20ben%20thompson%22%20OR%20%22gaither%20ben%20thompson%22%20-site%3Awikipedia.org&num=50&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&sa=N&filter=0&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&um=1&tab=wn 2000 news items on Google news. He's had a http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/mld/myrtlebeachonline/business/16726510.htm?source=rss&channel=myrtlebeachonline_business news story specifically about his background. He's got more than enough verifiable information on which to base a biographical article. Being a part of a media circus, or gaining fame for being involved with a celebrity is not a deletion criteria -- by that token Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead, Daniel Wayne Smith, Larry Seidlin, and Alexander Denk would all be up for AfD. His bio is quite different and unmergeable into the Anna Nicole bio
— User:Leflyman, 03:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)