Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Billy Gardell

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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. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 23:20, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Billy Gardell

This is totally a vanity page created by Billy Gardell's best friend, Tim O'Rourke, a.k.a the non-speaking extra bartender on the Drew Carey show.

Billy Gardell is a faceless, nameless, egomaniac and stand-up comic. He's been an extra in a lot of films & TV shows. I see him when I watch TV because I know him. But when I try to explain who he was to someone else who saw the same show or movie, they have no idea who I'm talking about.

If Billy were going to be famous, it would have happened already. He's like, 42. He's a funny stand-up to go see at your local neighborhood bar, but there tens of thousands of stand-ups in his category in this country.

This page is not note-worthy, and if Billy Gardell is on Wikipedia for being a camera-hound, then I should have a page for being a totally unfamous but published short story writer and essayist! At least my words are printed on paper in books that sit on shelves and don't require electricity to access!!! And another thing! I was an extra in that movie Hoosiers when I was in highschool! Still...you won't find me having someone add my vanity page to wikipedia!!!

Julziepel 08:25, 23 August 2007 (UTC)


This is a non-notable actor. I just removed a large chunk of PR type biography that makes me think this is a vanity page. I placed the text in the Discussion section for review. Anon Y. Mouse 22:45, 16 June 2006 (UTC)


 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, W.marsh 00:48, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I dont see anywhere in WP:BLP that would exclude him, and as Zoe pointed out, he is a regular on a nationally-shown tv show. Viridae 01:31, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Obvious Keep per "Heist". As to BLP, me neither. - CrazyRussian talk/email 01:41, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - 2 national shows is notable, but the article definitely needs help. Did I just hear Rbanzai (Anon Y. Mouse) volunteer? <Doc ducks & covers> Doc Tropics 01:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and clean up per above. --Coredesat 02:16, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Per most others. Regular actor on netword shows. LotLE×talk 06:37, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep appears to have been in a few shows/events.--Andeh 08:59, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Hey, I remember that guy from Monk! Seems to have collected a fair number of acting credits on some major-network primetime shows. I'd suggest removing the paragraph about his high-school activities, which really makes this look like a bog-standard vanity article even though the subject is actually notable. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 13:55, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Viridae. He is notable, the information is neutral, and not WP:OR (IMDB link). Needs cleanup, though. — ዮም (Yom) | contribs • Talk 17:21, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Actor on a notable program. Article does need cleanup. Tachyon01 20:19, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. We99 00:02, 23 June 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.