Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gregg Carey

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 Keep Ral315 (talk) 09:53, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gregg Carey

NN 'Survivor' contestant MNewnham 23:16, 18 December 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. Not sure if we have a policy on this, but I guess Survivor makes one prominent. -- JJay 01:50, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
• Weak keep. Being on "Survivor" is notable due to the continued popularity of the series (however tasteless it may be). --Thephotoman 03:37, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

• If the concensus is keep on this, would all these types of entry not be better placed on a 'Survivor Contestants' page, as it would seem that for all these people, their only notability is that they are contestants, and they are probably more locatable under that heading. MNewnham 14:42, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

• That could be a good idea, but the page might be too long. Also, don't some of these people go on to other things after Survivor? -- JJay 20:32, 19 December 2005 (UTC)

• Merge with Survivor or delete. Being a contestant on reality television does not make one notable except to a very tiny subgroup of people. And for that, they have "People" magazine. Denni ☯ 04:06, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep for extended/signficant appearance on hit show. An actor with comparable air time on a hit show, would be in pretty easily. As disappointing as it may be, far more people have seen this person, followed his activities (on the show, and reading in the press) than have any concern for most of the persons accepted in Wikipedia. The question is, are we picking who has been found notable by others (demonstrated in published national media coverage of them), or who should be. One shouldn't be notable for being on such a show, but one is (personally I don't understand the concern with these contestants, and wish reality tv would largely go away). Also, I think a practical rule of thumb for hit national reality shows, is about ten top contestants (if they're more than just a few episodes, and there's ample coverage specifically of them) are usually (not always) getting articles. For such contestants, rather than doing an AFD, a simpler approach is to redirect/unredirect based on completeness of article. --Rob 11:13, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
• Merge or delete per Denni. Stifle 23:17, 23 December 2005 (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.