Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Hoover

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. Mailer Diablo 05:12, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Hoover

I think it should be kept, but many will disagree - best to settle it now. CrazyC83 04:18, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Eliminated too early to matter, and didn't probably won't have a "She Bang" type afterlife after his fifteen minutes of fame Ruby 04:21, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
  • It's too early to tell though...he only got eliminated about 3 hours ago (to TV viewers). CrazyC83 04:22, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Thanks for telling me that, I'm not an Idol fan. Ruby 04:25, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now, until he gets an album with the same guys who signed William Hung. I probably wasn't the only one who figured he was doing it on purpose for the 15 minutes... in which case, the clock shouldn't start with an article here. IMHO, he has done nothing to differentiate himself from other contestants who have made a fool of themselves and failed, other than doing it in Hollywood rather than at a city audition. --Kinu 05:12, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Didn't win so nn pschemp | talk 06:41, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete until he gets HUNG-ed.Blnguyen 07:07, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Kinu and Blnguyen. Hung first, Wiki later. --Aaron 07:08, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. He became known to millions, which automatically qualifies him for an article. Wiwaxia 07:37, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Comment And soon will be forgotten by millions, making him nn. pschemp | talk 07:44, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete not notable enough. Elfguy 14:43, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Hopefully he will go on to further fame.
• Delete WP:NOT a crystal ball Ergot 16:36, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Not notable enough Avi 16:37, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, Dave may be the funniest person that has ever been on AI, but that doesn't qualify him for an article. He had his 3 minutes of fame. As Pschemp said, he will be forgotten.--Isotope23 19:05, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• Dave doesn't deserve to be forgotten, he is the best thing that ever happened to American Idol. And anyway...he's the only one whose name I'll ever remember. The "talented" ones are the ones I remember by names like that fat guy, that scrawny dork, that loud woman and that other loud woman. Dave is loud, scrawny and the only "Idol" contestant I will ever acknowledge as talented. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.121.54.106 (talk • contribs).
• Delete I believe that all that needs to be said about Hoover is already said in the American Idol (Season 5) article. -- MisterHand 05:21, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
  • Should it be a redirect then, a la Rhonetta Johnson? CrazyC83 05:23, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Seems reasonable to me -- MisterHand 05:31, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Not sure it even merits a mention in the Idol article. MLA 12:24, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete No points. Mention in American Idol entry at best. Also, someone removed the AFD tags >_> Lunis Neko 09:33, 13 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, millions of people can't be wrongwatch this show and know who he is. Would not be opposed to merging and a redirect however. Turnstep 02:04, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, I truly enjoyed Dave's performance and would love to see more, so I think he's definitely deserving of an article here. 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Consensus: Delete. Since there is nothing important not already mentioned on the Season 5 article, David Hoover should be made into a redirect to his article. CrazyC83 03:59, 14 February 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.