Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Collins (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 of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 10:28, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Collins

Deleted on first AfD and then recreated. He hasn't gotten any more notable to my knowledge, and the article doesn't give help by way of sources. Crystallina 03:54, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Keep - The man has obviously garnered a significant enough following to earn a Wikipedia article.

Keep - Do a google, you'll find lots of pages referring to him -- and evidently he was even on David Letterman for this video. If Letterman thinks he's notable enough to show to the whole USA, he's probably notable enough for WP. Man, that thing is painful to watch tho... --Rehcsif 04:03, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Do you think all the animal stars from Letterman's "Stupid Pet Tricks" should be in Wikipedia too? This Brian Collins essentially has the same notability and function Bwithh 04:37, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Not exactly -- he was also an internet phenomenon. See also Carson Williams, for example... --Rehcsif 19:16, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

I'm guessing the only reason he was on Letterman is because Letterman was once a communications major at Ball State like this poor fellow. Show up at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in a BSU t-shirt and you'll probably be on TV too. Not notable enough to warrant an article. Peyna 18:46, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Goooo Cardinals!! Bwithh 19:21, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment is there a link to the previous AfD? DVD+ R/W 04:07, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Brian_Collins. Note that this doesn't mention his Letterman appearance or much else to establish notability. Also note the "consensus" last time around was about 50/50... --Rehcsif 04:19, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

No, that's not correct. The consensus last time was 80+% delete. Most of the keep votes last time were from anonymous IP addresses with one from an account with 10 edits in his history. None of those keep votes would be valid in the final consideration. there was one valid keep vote Bwithh 04:35, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

• Delete: never heard of him, never want to, wouldn't use Wikipedia to find out about him. --die Baumfabrik 04:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom. Nonnotable and possible vanity. And issue an warning to the creators to respect the delete conclusion of the first afd Bwithh
• Delete. Clearly not notable. DarthVader 05:40, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Notability? Let's see here: Ball State student, cable access program, tape circulated on Internet, nervous on the air? On Letterman? (do the "contestants" on "Stupid Human Tricks" or "Know Your Current Events" each deserve main Wikipedia articles?) Delete nn. B.Wind 07:11, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable. The appearance on Letterman is not enough to change my mind about this. --Metropolitan90 07:24, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. - Motor (talk) 09:56, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. MaxSem 10:06, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete as recreation of previously deleted stuff. --Arnzy ^{(whats up?)} 13:54, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete per Arnzy. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 16:27, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Delete per nom. and per Arnzy. Crum375 18:08, 4 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete This kind of one incident minor fame no more merits an article than the average road traffic accident. Osomec 06:11, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per B.Wind. Tiny tidbits of non-notability just don't add up. Let's let this one run the full seven days to fully ensure that it stays deleted. Grandmasterka 04:29, 6 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.