The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:28, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Earl Nightingale (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

No citations, personal opinion, non-neutral point of view (lines like "Today, Earl Nightingale is remembered as the greatest philosopher of his time, and his best selling programs and books continue to sell daily, and inspire new generations around the world, to reach their highest potential." have no place on Wikipedia. Scalethink (talk) 03:07, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - Badly written article, but certainly notable as a quick Google search can prove. —La Pianista ^{♫ ♪} 04:37, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – It is easy to nominate to delete. However, I was always under the opinion that we should require all editors to do a little work such as background investigation before nominating. A quick Google News search gives the following results [1]. Does the article need a rewrite, Yes. But that is not a valid reason for an AFD nomination. Thanks. ShoesssS ^Talk 14:22, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep Easily satisfies WP:BIO. A Google Book search shows 641 results. Many are books by Nightingale, but a number are significant coverage in books by others. He starred on the 1940's radio show Sky King. He started the audio self-improvement industry. His recording "The Strangest Secret" was a gold record as the largest selling non-entertainment record. He was a syndicated radio speaker with a program heard daily in 38 countries, and is in the Radio Hall of Fame. See "Secrets of superstar speakers"(2000) by Lillet Walters, pages 52-57. He is discussed in a great many self-help books and described as a pioneer in that field or an inspiration to the writer. Edison (talk) 15:43, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Trimmed the POV with a chainsaw, but the article is still quite lacking in sources. Edward321 (talk) 23:33, 22 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep & Cleanup; I have a passing familiarity with Nightingale, and would say that his notability has been established. This article DOES need to be cleaned. Badly. --mhking (talk) 14:37, 24 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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