Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allison Stokke

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 Speedy Delete, CSD-A7, plus WP:BLP -- RoySmith (talk) 22:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Allison Stokke

This probably should be speedy deleted, but unfortunately I'm not an administrator so I am bringing this here. The article reads like a tacky tabloid about a teenage girl who is above average in appearance, and most definitely fails WP:BLP policy. Burntsauce 20:57, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Comment: 50 Google News hits. Punkmorten 21:02, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • keep, I don't see anything that violates BLP in the article, and even exclusive of the internet phenomenon part she's a national record holder in her event. That's gotta count for something. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 21:04, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
    • Are there any reliable published sources that discuss that record separate from being background on the Internet phenomenon? —Centrx→talk • 21:10, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Doesn't satisfy the WP:BIO requirements. Valrith 21:08, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
  • See also What Wikipedia is not: Wikipedia articles are not simply news reports. —Centrx→talk • 21:09, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Wikipedia is not a newspaper. The bare fact that someone has been in the news does not in itself imply that they should be memorialized forever with an encyclopedia entry.
If the reliable sources only cover the person in the context of something else, then a separate biography is probably unwarranted.[...] Marginal biographies on people with no independent notability can give undue weight to the events in the context of the individual

Also applicable policy:

News reports. Wikipedia properly considers the long-term historical notability of persons and events, keeping in mind the harm our work might cause. The fact that someone or something has been in the news for a brief period of time does not automatically justify an encyclopedia article. While Wikipedia strives to be comprehensive, the policies on biographies of living persons and neutral point of view should lead us to appropriately contextualize events. The briefer the appearance of a subject in the news the less likely it is to create an acceptably comprehensive encyclopedic biography.

To summarize: this young lady is notable only for an Internet phenomenon, and a lewd one, at that. Apart from that phenomenon, her personal achievements, while good and respectable, would normally not have obtained a Wikipedia article. I notice that we don't do articles on every student who's particularly gifted in some area (be it pole vaulting or mathematics) and could perhaps one day reach a top career in his field. There does not seem to be any article in non-local newspapers that solely talk of her sports achievements. All articles in national newspapers focus on the Internet phenomenon.

Furthermore, it seems that this undesired celebrity hurts her. Thus, following policy, there is every reason to delete. David.Monniaux 22:20, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Note, both the article and this deletion debate were speedy deleted by David.Monniaux (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights). After discussion on his talk page, I've restored it to run a full term since nothing about this fits the criteria for speedy deletion. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 22:16, 31 May 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.