Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Wilson (Countdown) (2nd nomination)

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 no consensus. Sr13 (T|C) 05:20, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ben Wilson (Countdown)

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Barely notable game show winner. This was nominated for deletion in January but it was kept, even though it was 3:2 for deleting - I'd say that's no consensus, leaning towards delete. One of the "keep" arguments claimed "it doesn't seem unreasonable that the Champions of the game show (55 in 22 years)) should have their own articles". I think it is unreasonable to have a Wikipedia article just for winning a series of a gameshow, especially when there have been 55 people who have done it. I have also nominated another game show winner at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Julian Fell (2nd nomination). Saikokira 02:04, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete I don't think the biography appears notable solely being the 56th winner of a gameshow. If this article stays, there is little reason for preventing the other prior 55 winners and the sequential winners after him. Fails notability. --Nehrams2020 04:01, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete Not even notable enough to be mentioned on the game shows page under notable contestants. Fails WP:BIO as there are no external sources about him indepedant of the countdown site.--Dacium 04:44, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete No assertation of notability. ¿ςפקιДИτς! ☺ ☻ 14:10, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I'm going to be the sole keep here, unless any other UK editors are online, but he isn't just "a game show champion" - he's one of the two participants in the highest scoring game ever of the over 8000 games to date in one of the most successful & longest running British TV programmes of all time. A bit of a pain to source, both because it's such a common name it's getting a lot of false-positives, and that a lot of sources are specialist Countdown & Scrabble publications which probably won't satisfy the Non Trivial Police — iridescenti (talk to me!) 20:19, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. Whilst being the 56th winner is not necessarily all that notable, I agree, but I'm with Iridescenti here. Being tied for the top score in the history of Countdown probably qualifies as at least marginally notable. Now just need someone to source it! Having said all the above, there's precious little biographical material, and one/two sentences if you take out all but the assertion to notability. Ohconfucius 06:50, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. As above, he was a participant in the highest scoring Countdown game ever. -- JediLofty ^{User | Talk} 12:37, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

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