Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaither Ben Thompson

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The result was delete and redirect to Anna Nicole Smith. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me Please review me!} 06:47, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Gaither Ben Thompson

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Minor satellite in the Annanicolesmithsploitation universe. The references say it all: Every single one mentions Smith in the headline, not a single one mentions Thompson. ~ trialsanderrors 22:25, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, or rather, Redirect to Anna Nicole Smith. As I mentioned at Talk:Gaither Ben Thompson, he only gets 11 Google hits once you exclude "Anna Nicole" from the search results. —Angr 22:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - ob-note: I was the originating author. The contention that Thompson non-notable is inaccurate -- he has had significant number of articles referring to him, as required by WP:BIO. Individuals who become famous due to their relationship with notable figures/controversies are themselves notable. Headlines are meant to be attention grabbers, while content is what is actually relevant.

To wit:

"Anna Nicole link to MB well-liked

In the national media these days, his name is splashed around liberally as G. Ben Thompson.

His real name?

Gaither Benjamin Thompson, according to state and local records.

He's a local developer of some note. And you may be living in a house or development he's had a hand in..."(Myrtle Beach Sun News, 18 February 2007)

• "G. Ben Thompson recently spoke to ET's MARK STEINES about having what he called a "short, romantic relationship" with Anna Nicole that eventually led to "a genuine friendship." (ETOnline.com , 12 February 2007)
• "Horizons, the Bahamian oceanfront estate in which Anna Nicole lived, was purchased back in October by South Carolina real estate mogul G. Ben Thompson for $950,000... TMZ has learned Thompson and Shelly are currently interviewing brokerage firms worldwide -- firms that are interested in winning the listing." (TMZ.com, 26 February 2007)

--Leflyman^Talk 22:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

*Redirect to Anna Nicole Smith per Angr. JoshuaZ 23:05, 5 March 2007 (UTC) Abstaining per sourcing given by Lefly, I'm not convinced he should have a separate article, but i'm not convinced he shouldn't either. JoshuaZ 07:12, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect for the time being Unless, of course, he becomes more notable in the future. Acalamari 23:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
• delete The quotations included above by the author show the total lack of V evidence. DGG 05:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment But we do have a lot of V and N in the context of Smith. JoshuaZ 05:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment - Google News currently has over 2000 news article entries for "G. Ben Thompson" -- just how many are needed to satisfy WP:BIO requirement of "multiple independent sources should be cited to establish notability."--Leflyman^Talk 06:55, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
  • Were not saying that he shouldn't be covered just that coverage makes far more sense on the Smith page. As far as I can tell all the myriad news hits don't even allow us to write a decent stub about him. JoshuaZ 06:57, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Is this not clear enough: Anna Nicole link to MB well-liked (The Sun News, 18 February 2007)? --Leflyman^Talk 07:10, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete and then redirect. we know nothing about this person other than gossip related to Anna Nicole Smith. Guy (Help!) 10:08, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

• Delete and redirect per Angr, JzG. Anything worth saying - and that's not much - can be said at Anna Nicole Smith. Angus McLellan (Talk) 18:02, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
• Comment -- Folks, let's get real here; whatever your distaste may be for the Anna Nicole nonsense, this individual more than meets the notability requirements of WP:BIO. There are now 150,000 entries for him on Google, and 2000 news items on Google news. He's had a news story specifically about his background. He's got more than enough verifiable information on which to base a biographical article. Being a part of a media circus, or gaining fame for being involved with a celebrity is not a deletion criteria -- by that token Howard K. Stern, Larry Birkhead, Daniel Wayne Smith, Larry Seidlin, and Alexander Denk would all be up for AfD. His bio is quite different and unmergeable into the Anna Nicole bio. --Leflyman^Talk 03:12, 13 March 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.