Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chloe Dao

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 keep. — CharlotteWebb 00:02, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chloe Dao

Not notable losing contestnt on a reality television show. No claim to notability outside the show. Difficult to find references that are not PR from the article. Mikeblas 20:20, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Strong Keep. She was actually the winner of the reality show and a notable fashion designer in her own right. I'm also not sure what "PR from the article" means. Can we stop this continuous campaign waged by a few people (and their sockpuppets) to delete articles for contestants from Bravo reality programs. You may not like the shows. It doesn't mean the contestants, and especially the finalists, and winners, are not worthy of articles here. Crunch 04:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Keep. The motivation behind creating the article notwithstanding, the Bravo link is a reliable source. More sources to establish the subject's notability "in her own right" would definitely help things along, though. Flakeloaf 17:30, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 14:46, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

• Keep as the winner (as opposed to an also-ran) of a reality TV series. -- Whpq 18:19, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. She won the show, and I can't think of a better reason why this article should be deleted. --- Tito Pao 18:24, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. She won Project Runway and deserves to have her entry here.Scarletsmith 19:35, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Agreed with all of the above; she won. Also, she was invited to the opening ceremonies of the Smithsonian's "Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon" Vietnamese American exhibit, and as such, was listed under "other dignitaries in attendance" by the weekly newspaper Asian Week (1/26/07). Sounds pretty notable to me. Mel21clc 19:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete, no third-party evidence of substantial notability. DumbBOT, please read WP:RS; Bravo's website is not an independent source about a Bravo program. I don't evaluate "other 'dignitaries' invited to the opening of one museum exhibit" as showing any significant notability by WP's standards. I'm neutral as to whether winning this televised quasi-competition is itself notable enough; if some genuinely independent publications said more than "here was this little show, so-and-so won, they'll do another round of it next year", and showed some lasting influence, and if it's cited, then I'd be much more in favor of keeping the article. If all the coverage is like that (and I assume some will be found), then a merge and redirect to Project Runway would be more appropriate. Barno 20:07, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per WP:N multiple instances of non-trivial coverage in reliable sources. For example, the Forbes article already linked there; others easily found by Google like Washington Post 2006-03-09 (the links at the bottom of the article seem to have expired). cab 22:11, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy keep. She is the winner of a notable reality TV show, and further meets WP:N per the primary notability criterion (as described by cab above). In addition to cab's Washington Post link above, the article already cites CNN, Forbes, and the Houston Chronicle. Other sources on Dao: a People article and a July 12, 2006 article from the Sacramento Bee. schi ^talk 01:09, 1 February 2007 (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.