Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Collins

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This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was delete. —Xezbeth 05:26, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Collins

Delete. Non-notable, vanity. --Quale 19:58, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

    • Note: Above edit is by User:66.188.68.46 --Carnildo 23:13, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
    • Edit deleted per user request Sensation002 00:28 Apr 30, 2005
  • Delete. Non-notable, vanity. --Carnildo 22:49, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as is I don't believe Collins wrote this to gain notariaty. I do believe someone else wrote this OF him, thus making it biography. --Godsbest 15:54, 29 Apr 2005 (Vancouver,BC)
    • Note: Above edit is written by User:66.199.175.231, then signed by User:Godsbest, a user with only 10 edits. --Carnildo 23:13, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Regardless of what you believe, and regardless of who wrote it, it's still nonsense. Delete. RickK 23:10, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, not notable. Megan1967 02:00, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete - appears to be 'famous' for 15 minutes for a very bad student sports commentary. I don't think we need articles on everything that the mass media shows to fill the space. Average Earthman 12:50, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-notable.-- Nabla | Talk - 15:02, 2005 May 1 (UTC)
  • Keep as is This is not vanity. It's about a piece of internet lore, similar to the "Star Wars kid," although less known. Wikipedia is a good place for finding out about these little pieces of internet legend, so I think we should keep the article. I saw the video on a website and looked it up on wikipedia, so it's at least useful to someone. -- dcb11
  • Keep. I fully own up to not being a Wikipedia regular but from what I know of the site's policies, this is certainly notable. Search for "boom goes the dynamite" on Google. His inept bumbling has spread all over the world; they've even appropriated the phrase on SportsCenter. Tony Kornheiser did an entire radio segment on the lad (see here), and Scott Van Pelt said "It has cult status at this point. Everyone I know that's in the business has seen the video clip." (See here). I think if you're mentioned on the sportsillustrated.cnn.com website (the former link), you're definitely notable. It's Internet lore, like the Star Wars kid. If Wikipedia has room for that, it would be hypocritical to delete this.
    • Note: Above edit by 141.149.36.30 --Carnildo 23:12, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep zellin 18:03, May 7, 2005 (UTC)
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