Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Chad

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. Deville (Talk) 15:35, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The Chad

Non-notable individual purporting fame from an appearance in his local American Idol audition. Only real claim is an article in Rolling Stone talking about their favourite kook from the audition. I think he does not meet WP:BIO -- Samir धर्म 00:32, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete obviously. I have been on TV more than once - perhaps there should be an article about me too? Bravada, talk - 01:03, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete — per nom --Deon555^talk_Review 01:42, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, no real reliable sources with non-trivial media mentions, fails WP:BIO. --Kinu ^t/_c 01:51, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Erechtheus 02:06, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Casper2k3 02:19, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep the second video is currently a feautured video on the YouTube homepage with 127,999 views! - CrazyRussian talk/email 02:27, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable.-Kmaguir1 02:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete not notable. _{talk to} JD ^{wants e-mail} 03:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as with others, The Chad is a person of note, with Hundreeds of Thousands of views on YouTube, neumerous articles in the press and a loyal fan following - Lbotv 04:38, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment - user had 12 edits at the moment of me writing that, with 8 to the article in question and the last one to this page. Bravada, talk - 09:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment YouTube views do not count for notability or basically anything at all. He could have 3 or 3billion views. Doesn't matter. --Brian ^{(How am I doing?)} 08:14, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete NN. Provide some more peer-reviewed sources other than "Youtube". Rollingstone is weak alone. Being reported on in the news doesn't make someone noteworthy. I can go hold up a donut shop, make the 5 o'clock news, and send the video to Youtube. Can I be on Wikipedia then? I think not. -Shazbot85^Talk 06:15, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: He did not recieve notoriety from an event that can really be considered newsworthy. Local American Idol tryouts don't garner national coverage and his mention in Rolling Stone seems like 15 seconds of fame rather than 15 minutes. I am steadfast in my delete decision. -Shazbot85^Talk 15:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
  • 15 seconds is very generous. The Rolling Stone thing isn't the print magazine, it isn't even their featured articles... it's their rock and roll daily blog. I closed the browser window after much fewer than 15 seconds on that page. :P --Kinu ^t/_c 22:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep When you look up the chad idol on google, you get this guy. The entry could use more work and citations, but it should stay. 24.46.72.72 06:25, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment - IP showed 5 edits at the moment of me writing that, with 3 to the article in question and the last one to this page. Bravada, talk - 09:37, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Perhaps we should have an article on that guy they interviewed on the sidewalk for the 10 o'clock news about longer green lights for pedestrians. Signature^brendel 07:54, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, fails to meet WP:BIO, the high number of viewers on YouTube does not meet the notability criteria. --Terence Ong _{(T | C)} 10:11, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:BIO Michael Billington (talk • contribs) 10:22, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete hopelessly unecylopedic. Wikipedia is not a guide to everything on YouTube. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:36, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom.Ramsquire 21:56, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep noted Idol kooks. Tens of millions of people know this guy. --badlydrawnjeff talk 11:06, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

From his appearance? Or from YouTube?Shazbot85^Talk 04:27, 30 August 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.