Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lew Blum

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 delete. Sandstein 14:22, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lew Blum

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The subject of this article appears to be of local interest only, and therefore fails WP:GNG. WP:N states that topics should be of interest to "the world at large", and while there is plenty of coverage in Philadelphia about Mr. Blum, I have found no coverage from outside the city to indicate that he has a wider notability, not even a single profile from someplace like Vice that writes about unusual people as a matter of course. The page has been tagged for notability since 2010, so there has been plenty of opportunity to locate and add sources, but it appears that none exist. I am happy to withdraw this early if proven incorrect. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 21:55, 4 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Pennsylvania-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 02:09, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 02:09, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 02:10, 5 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:32, 11 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - Philadelphia is a large market - 6 million in the metro area - the size of a small country. Being the "most hated man in X" (as many news items claim) - makes one notable. And it isn't that this notoriety is new - it is longstanding. e.g. - [1]. And there might be non-Philadelphia coverage - hard to ascertain without going through all the local "horror" stories.Icewhiz (talk) 08:45, 15 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:21, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete this whole article is a disaster, and it's on a living person. "Most hated man in X" is likely puffery. Power~enwiki (talk) 04:52, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]
"Most hated" - probably puffery. However it is quite clear that this living person (or rather the towing company under his name) is aiming to be notorious - it is part of the business model (and gives weight to signs stating a piece of property is parking enforced by Blum, and increases the willingness of towees to cough up cash) - and the sheer amount of "towing horror stories" in a simple source check on "Lew Blum" is quite astounding.Icewhiz (talk) 06:27, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, but those are basically all local press complaining about him to the point that it's basically routine. Slow news day? Profile Mr. Blum. Still a jerk? Yup, great, there's your story. There's just nothing that isn't...that. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 09:54, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I concede it is Philadelphia press (or at least the vast majority of it is - hard to find non-Philli coverage in between the vast multitude of Philli items). However it seems like it is all of the Philadelphia press and for the past 20+ years. Being a highly repeated canned news item (to be precise - multiple different cans) to run on a slow news day, shows notability (or notoriety). We're not talking about some backwards town with a small amount of residents, this is a significant locale.Icewhiz (talk) 10:02, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding WP:ROUTINE - any particular "Blum incident" would indeed be routine - just as a particular marriage or sports match would be. However the existence of the phenomena as a whole (e.g. marriage as opposed to a particular marriage announcement) - is not routine.Icewhiz (talk) 10:04, 18 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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