Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Columbus Short

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 of the debate was DELETE. Those keeps that rest on the fact of marriage don't appear to have any basis for that claim, and the reference to wikitabloid very appropriate. An encyclopeda is not a gossip magazine. -Splash^talk 23:21, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Columbus Short

nn dancer, article fails to allege notability. I was tempted to speedy it as nn-bio, but decided to bring it here. User:Zoe|^(talk) 00:47, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

• Tabloidcruft. Delete or Smerge to Britney Spears —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-04 01:57Z
• Keep and expand. Besides the massive media frenzy surrounding the Britney romance, Mr. Short is also an up-an-coming film and TV actor. [1].—The preceding unsigned comment was added by JJay (talk • contribs) 06:01, 4 January 2006 (UTC).
• Keep. Unfortunately, being married to Britney Spears counts as notable. --Thephotoman 15:54, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Where does it say they were married? User:Zoe|^(talk) 19:03, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

• Short spent way more quality time with Britney than her first husband, who btw has an article here. -- JJay 20:05, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep At least as long as he is married to her ;) Cyberevil 05:06, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Does this actually mean delete, then? ^_^ - brenneman^(t)(c) 07:09, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable as married to Britney. --Terence Ong ^Talk 14:55, 5 January 2006 (UTC) Now changed to delete, since he is not Britney's husband, it is non notable. --Terence Ong ^Talk 05:41, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Am I confused or are you guys? Nowhere does it say that he is married to Britney Spears! User:Zoe|^(talk) 17:26, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

If he is not married to her, then get rid of the article. Maybe -he- doesn't even know if he is married to her. Cyberevil 17:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Short is an essential part of the saga, both for the interracial aspects and as validation of the homewrecker accusations surrounding the Federline marriage. In fact, the parrallels between Short and Federline are fairly eerie. -- JJay 20:16, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

All this in my opinion belongs more in a tabloid than in Wikipedia. And an interracial relationship? Calling that noteworty is a little stretching. Even if he was/is/had been married to Spears only got me to a rather weak keep. Cyberevil 22:46, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

It's not me calling it noteworthy. It was the world at large given Spear's image at the time. -- JJay 01:15, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as not encyclopedic. Exactly how much of this is WP:V? Send to wikinews, or wikitabloid if such a thing exists. If you must, create a redirect to britney spears and protect it following the deletion. - brenneman^(t)(c) 07:09, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable except as gossip about Spears, thus can be mentioned in her article if at all. ←Hob 09:03, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.