Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anthony Fedorov

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The result was Keep. NawlinWiki 02:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anthony Fedorov

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Possibly notable former Idol contestant. Pisspoor article which utterly fails WP:RS. The only sources appear to be interviews with same, but principally chat and idol forum postings. I always find it amusing that this sort of articles frequently say "started singing at an early age", inherently unproveable, yet implying some sort of prodigious talent. I've tidied it up somewhat, but I think this is a pretty hopeless article and we might as well start from scratch. Delete, without prejudice to re-creation if properly sourced. Ohconfucius 02:55, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete per Nominator and due to non-notability. Luis¹⁹⁷² (Talk • My Contribs) 15:20, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete if this can be salvaged at all. Otherwise, it's of no use. dcandeto 16:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete pending better references As per the nom, the problem appears to be a lack of multiple reliable published articles. If that can be corrected, will reconsider my delete recommedation. Dugwiki 18:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per above. Nomen Nescio^{Gnothi seauton} 18:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Not really notable - just a TV show contestant, when all is said and done. WMMartin 16:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I see everyone's point, but I would contend that being a finalist on American Idol (note:this does not mean all or even most reality shows. AI is the exception, not the rule.) is enough to drag the subject across the threshold of WP:BIO. I would find this to be more of a candidate for having a tag requesting sources or expansion, not deletion. If deleted, I would urge the admin to note in the deletion logs something about deletion due to WP:V so that a future article on the topic that does address these concerns is not knee-jerk deleted via CSD G4. I would also make urge said admin to create a redirect to the season of the show in which she performed. (note:this is a cut 'n paste of my comment on the Nadia Turner AfD. same arguement applies) youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 21:02, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Not being well-written is not a valid reason to delete an article or we'd be deleting half of Wikipedia. Notable American Idol contestant slated for Broadway appearance next month. Tag for cleanup with specific instructions and keep. Crunch 12:05, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Anthony has a huge following. In addition to his American Idol past and other upcoming performances he will be performing at US Air Force bases throughout Europe in April and has the lead in the long running musical The Fantasticks off Broadway being May 1st. Looks like some upgrades need to be made to his page here.--Rob

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by RobOnWikipedia (talk • contribs) 17:52, 4 March 2007 (UTC).

• Keep. I deleted two sentences for which no attribution could be found and added one citation. AFCSiny

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