Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Daughtry

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.  (aeropagitica)  20:47, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Chris Daughtry

I have nothing against this person. I am voting to merge this page into American Idol Finalists (Season 5). I don't think this person is notable enough to have his own individual page in the wikipedia mainspace. Mostly Rainy 12:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep the American Idol finalists. It would perhaps be better to have a single discussion about the merits of Idol contestants having their own article rather than separately nominating them for AfD MLA 13:07, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep keep until the above discussion. Also, if the proposal is for a merger, then the article needs tagging with {{mergeto}}, not bringing here. Kcordina 13:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - American Idol is down to the finalists, they've gone from 24 to 12 (I think) and now it's the "finals", so I think at this point the finalists can have their own articles, and not just a little blurb on the American Idol page. --lightdarkness ^(talk) 13:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep the finalists are notable. --Terence Ong 16:19, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Not only is he a finalist, he is also one of Simon Cowell's picks to win, and leading the betting choices for who will win. Of all the people this season he seems like he's likely to have a fairly well known career whether he wins or loses. --JamesB3 16:29, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as notable, even if the show itself is mindless. --BWD ^(talk) 19:45, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I'd certainly agree with you about merging semi-finalists, but I think becoming an American Idol top-twelve finalist brings sufficient notability. Even if he's the first of the twelve to be eliminated, he's made it this far which means he's received thousands of votes...and perhaps more importantly, he's automatically slated to go on the Idol tour and be on whatever Idol compilation albums they release. The top twelve overall get significantly more attention than the eliminated semi-finalists, so it's an easy line to draw. The finalist list article should be redirected to the season article. Postdlf 01:10, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep He's popular & in the news right now. I would re-consider removing the page if he loses the competition, or doesn't become a popular recording artist in his own right. But, for now, I say the article should stay.
• Keep, American Idol finalists are celebrities who have performed on TV in front of millions of people. Sjakkalle (Check!) 07:06, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
• merge. I think all individual pages should be merged. Mostly Rainy 01:26, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This is probably the only one of the finalists that merits a separate article at this point, because of the rumor that a well-known band, Fuel, is considering him as a replacement singer. However, merging all of the finalists into one article makes great sense. KriZe 16:16, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Why Would anyone want to delete this article!!!!!!!! American Idol is one of the most popular shows on televison and Chris is an amazing singer. He does deserve his own page. He is definatly entitled to it. DO NOT DELETE

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.