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*'''Strong Delete''' A headcase. ] 18:38, 31 October 2007 (UTC) *'''Strong Delete''' A headcase. ] 18:38, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
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*Very Strong Keep--This page epitomizes the flaws of Misplaced Pages. The first six "delete" posts occurred within a roughly six-hour period on Halloween. The other three on November 2. This appears to be an example of collaboration among members of a network of some kind, not a spontaneous occurrence. Furthermore, the posts are without merit. There is plenty of discussion of Emory--use any of the available search engines, including Google. The posters are suspect as a result. And as far as secondary sources, there have been over the years. We have listened to Dave for years, and we've seen articles about him in various publications, including the San Jose Metro and San Jose Mercury News. There is an audio file on his website recorded in response to an attack on him in a book about conspiracy theorists by Jonathan Vankin, who devoted much of a chapter to Emory. *Very Strong Keep--This page epitomizes the flaws of Misplaced Pages. The first six "delete" posts occurred within a roughly six-hour period on Halloween. The other three on November 2. This appears to be an example of collaboration among members of a network of some kind, not a spontaneous occurrence. Furthermore, the posts are without merit. There is plenty of discussion of Emory--use any of the available search engines, including Google. The posters are suspect as a result. And as far as secondary sources, there have been over the years. We have listened to Dave for years, and we've seen articles about him in various publications, including the San Jose Metro and San Jose Mercury News. There is an audio file on his website recorded in response to an attack on him in a book about conspiracy theorists by Jonathan Vankin, who devoted much of a chapter to Emory. It seems that these are people who don't like Dave and don't believe in free speech. Jayron has pictures of the Austrian crown jewels on his website. Emory has written critically of the House of Hapsburg. Hmmmmm. Addendum to previous comment: There are a number of stations other than WFMU and WCBN that carry Emory's work. He's been featured for more than 20 years on KPFK, the Pacifica station in Los Angeles, as well as KFYI in Kansas City, two stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, KBOO in Portland Oregon and a station in Vancouver, B.C. After almost 30 years on the air, he's attracted quite a large following and a large number of enemies as well. A Lexis/Nexus search for Emory turns up a number of references. And as far as references being critical, well, that comes with the territory and is not a criterion for deletion by Misplaced Pages. ONE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO NOTE THE NUMBER OF DELETIONS OF FAVORABLE POSTS TO THIS PAGE. Sounds like somebody's playing dirty pool. Wonder who?! Be Seeing You, Farstriker<small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 19:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--><small>— ] (] • ]) has made ] outside this topic. {{ #if: {{{2|}}} | The preceding ] comment was added at {{{2}}} (UTC{{{3|}}}).}}</small>
It seems that these are people who don't like Dave and don't believe in free speech. Jayron has pictures of the Austrian crown jewels on his website. Emory has written critically of the House of Hapsburg. Hmmmmm. Addendum to previous comment: There are a number of stations other than WFMU and WCBN that carry Emory's work. He's been featured for more than 20 years on KPFK, the Pacifica station in Los Angeles, as well as KFYI in Kansas City, two stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, KBOO in Portland Oregon and a station in Vancouver, B.C. After almost 30 years on the air, he's attracted quite a large following and a large number of enemies as well. A Lexis/Nexus search for Emory turns up a number of references. And as far as references being critical, well, that comes with the territory and is not a criterion for deletion by Misplaced Pages. ONE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO NOTE THE NUMBER OF DELETIONS OF FAVORABLE POSTS TO THIS PAGE. Sounds like somebody's playing dirty pool. Wonder who?! Be Seeing You, Farstriker<small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 19:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--><small>— ] (] • ]) has made ] outside this topic. {{ #if: {{{2|}}} | The preceding ] comment was added at {{{2}}} (UTC{{{3|}}}).}}</small>
**'''Comment''' Open of this AFD. See the page size? Goes up with each post. No-one is "deleting favourable posts to this page".<font face="Trebuchet MS"> — ]]</font> 00:55, 3 November 2007 (UTC) **'''Comment''' Open of this AFD. See the page size? Goes up with each post. No-one is "deleting favourable posts to this page".<font face="Trebuchet MS"> — ]]</font> 00:55, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' per Subdolous. ] (]) 23:10, 31 October 2007 (UTC) *'''Delete''' per Subdolous. ] (]) 23:10, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

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David Emory

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A radio talkshow host from California - and the article is nothing but an unsourced essay about his tinfoilhattery. Escaped Nazis are running the global economy, and along with the CIA conspired to kill Jews at the Munich Massacre, and now are in league with Al Quaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Republican party.....please. -Doc 17:06, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. The fact that he appears to be a fully paid-up whacko isn't a problem - we have plenty of pages on his fellow travellers; the fact that there does not seem to be a single mention of him anywhere is. — iridescent 17:16, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Google news turns up nothing, and neither does a straight-up google search, which turns up this guy only in the form of resume's and programming announcements and a few blogs. No coverage by reliable sources. If he is notable in his field, than at least SOMEONE (such as maybe a local newspaper, or the like) would have interviewed him or reviewed his program. I have found no evidence of such, and thus he is wholly non-notable. --Jayron32|talk|contribs 17:42, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - No significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. See WP:N. Subdolous 17:47, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete A headcase. scope_creep 18:38, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:N -- Anonymous Dissident 18:55, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Very Strong Keep--This page epitomizes the flaws of Misplaced Pages. The first six "delete" posts occurred within a roughly six-hour period on Halloween. The other three on November 2. This appears to be an example of collaboration among members of a network of some kind, not a spontaneous occurrence. Furthermore, the posts are without merit. There is plenty of discussion of Emory--use any of the available search engines, including Google. The posters are suspect as a result. And as far as secondary sources, there have been over the years. We have listened to Dave for years, and we've seen articles about him in various publications, including the San Jose Metro and San Jose Mercury News. There is an audio file on his website recorded in response to an attack on him in a book about conspiracy theorists by Jonathan Vankin, who devoted much of a chapter to Emory. It seems that these are people who don't like Dave and don't believe in free speech. Jayron has pictures of the Austrian crown jewels on his website. Emory has written critically of the House of Hapsburg. Hmmmmm. Addendum to previous comment: There are a number of stations other than WFMU and WCBN that carry Emory's work. He's been featured for more than 20 years on KPFK, the Pacifica station in Los Angeles, as well as KFYI in Kansas City, two stations in the San Francisco Bay Area, KBOO in Portland Oregon and a station in Vancouver, B.C. After almost 30 years on the air, he's attracted quite a large following and a large number of enemies as well. A Lexis/Nexus search for Emory turns up a number of references. And as far as references being critical, well, that comes with the territory and is not a criterion for deletion by Misplaced Pages. ONE SHOULD NOT FAIL TO NOTE THE NUMBER OF DELETIONS OF FAVORABLE POSTS TO THIS PAGE. Sounds like somebody's playing dirty pool. Wonder who?! Be Seeing You, Farstriker—Preceding unsigned comment added by Farstriker (talk • contribs) 19:21, 2 November 2007 (UTC) — Farstriker (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Delete per Subdolous. Stifle (talk) 23:10, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per Jayron32. Doctorfluffy 08:18, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - Emory is mentioned elsewhere but he or his minions have repeatedly cleansed the article of links and information critical of him and which speaks to his wider influence. I have just today restored two external links that set him in a larger context. One is by Chip Berlet although Emory gets only one mention in that piece. I know from personal experience that Emory has a significant following and his content is distributed via at least two independent, i.e. not owned or controlled by Emory, radio stations: WFMU and WCBN. --DieWeisseRose 08:53, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

Farstriker--Greetings White Rose! We've deleted, and will continue to delete these posts. John Foster Berlet ("Chip" was named for John Foster Dulles) has demonstrated no familiarity with Emory's work. One of us (we're a group of musicians from the Bay Area) asked him a question about Emory's work and Berlet clearly was blowing smoke. "He blames everything on the British," was Berlet's response. He's probably confusing Emory with the LaRouchies. One of many articles written about Dave was a revealing column by "Z Magazine" editor Michael Albert in which he didn't even spell Dave's name correctly. As far as "Alex Constantine"--well, he is nuts. A halucinatory individual who claims to have repelled magnets from his head, as well as blowing out "a light bulb and a CD player." The material is libelous and unverifiable. "Alex Constantine" isn't even the author's real name. And his publisher, Feral House, is owned by one Adam Parfrey, who has actively promoted the sort of Nazi and fascist causes that "Alex Constantine" would have us believe he opposes! Be Seeing You. Farstriker.

  • Delete - We lack the reliable published sources needed to write a biography of a living person. WAS 4.250 13:17, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom. -RiverHockey 13:29, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep This is largely a free speech issue. Emory has been documenting fascist connections for over 25 years. Emory sources all his material in a truly meticulous manner. He has made many enemies over the years with what he says. An old Turkish proverb that he often quotes says ”He who tells the truth gets chased out of nine villages”. Misplaced Pages should not be one of the villages that Emory is chased out from. Also, Emory is the subject of a documentary film currently under production T.Ferrett 22:46, 2 November 2007 (UTC)— T.Ferrett (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Strong Do Not Delete Wow, it must have been a slow Halloween, with suddenly 6 posters demanding that Emory be deleted 17:16 and 23:10 (just before the witching hour, on October 31). This seems like a concerted effort to stifle speech, or maybe I’m just a conspiracy theorist. It is nothing short of character assassination for iridescent to compare Emory to the likes of David Icke or Michael Riconosciuto. It is rather insincere of Jayron32 to cite a Google search of “David Emory”, when in fact, he goes by “Dave Emory” professionally.. Emory is cited in the book “The 60 Greatest Conspiracies of All Time” by Jonathan & Whalen, John Vankin.Vanfield 23:45, 2 November 2007 (UTC)— Vanfield (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Delete, largely per Iridescent. There are no mainstream sources which cover David Emory, and the article can only find two sources which are truly independent of him (both of which are critical). Sam Blacketer 00:04, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
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