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The result was speedy keep. nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure) Ficaia (talk) 06:24, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Billy Herrington[edit]

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Lacks significant coverage. This (1) source about his death is just a gossip rag. Ficaia (talk) 08:05, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep I don't blame the OP for failing to find any sigcov from before Billy's death, as there isn't that much in English. There is, however, a decent amount in Japanese. There is also a print source mentioned in the article, Windows100% Magazine, which likely contains sigcov as well. As for after his death, there is some sigcov in English. Mlb96 (talk) 04:47, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The two English-language sources you cite only really mention the subject's death. Two of the Japanese sources look like publicity from gossip rags, and the Japanese HuffPost article is just a very brief memorial. Ficaia (talk) 05:34, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, the HuffPost piece is from after his death, my mistake. However, it does go into detail about his impact on internet culture in Japan. I also reject your characterization of ASCII Media Works as a "gossip rag," it is a perfectly respectable media outlet. And the first English source I linked barely even talks about his death at all, it's almost entirely about his life. Mlb96 (talk) 05:49, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. As this AfD is probably going nowhere, I'd withdraw it (But I'm a tech dunce and I don't know how :P) Ficaia (talk) 06:04, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you have XFDcloser enabled, you can click the button that says "Close" (it should be next to the words "Billy Herrington" on this page), select speedy keep and type "nomination withdrawn" into the box. If you don't have XFDcloser enabled, you could follow the instructions at this page. Mlb96 (talk) 06:17, 28 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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