Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frank Alexander

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. Johnleemk | Talk 13:58, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Frank Alexander

Tagged as db-bio, but notability is asserted. Bringing to AfD instead. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] 22:21, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Article lists his primary notability as involvement in Punk'd, but individual is listed under "Celebrities who have been "punk'd" but haven't aired on MTV" -- a near miss on a single television appearance and a friendship witha notable individual =! notability, unless something else turns up on him. Adrian Lamo · 22:32, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unverifiable. Stifle 01:54, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
• Comment: AfD header removed by anon IP, please watch for repeats. - Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] 19:16, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Same editor has created entries for this guy's parents, who also seem to be of questionable notability: Nils Gessinger and Susan Caldwell. --kingboyk 22:28, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per User:Adrian Lamo. I'm puzzled as to his listed in the Punk'd article as a celebrity, and yet in the biography I get no impression whatsoever of celebrity status. --kingboyk 22:33, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Does not meet criteria guidelines at WP:MUSIC or WP:BIO. Anonymous IP 201.0.37.97 (talk · contribs) has asserted some notability on my talk page, "…[Frank Alexander] has been writing songs for Eric Martin, Richie Kotzen, etc." However he has no listing at the All Music Guide. An IMDB search is inconclusive. There is a listing at Rottentomatoes.com but it's unclear if it is the same person and even if it is, it's unlikely that the films listed would pass the notability critera for films. I would suggest to the anonymous editor that if he wants to assert notability, he should do so by citing sources rather than arguing it on talk pages. If he can do that, with credible references like a discography or a starring role in a film that has received wide distribution, I may change my vote. --Malber (talk · contribs) 03:48, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Additional comment The article now contends that at the age of 12 he wrote "Bullitproof" which was performed by the New Zealand band Pacifier. However this review of the group's album does not mention anything about the song being written by a child prodigy. You would think that it would be worth mentioning. (Note: subject was 12 in 1986, the album was released in 2003.) If it can be authenticated that Frank Alexander is the author of this song and that the song charted on any national music chart in at least one large or medium-sized country, then I may change my vote. I still feel a bit like "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" The person contesting deletion needs to be doing this dirty work. --Malber (talk · contribs) 16:43, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

Additional comment unfortunately, due to 201.x's vandalism, the page has been semi-protected by Nlu (talk · contribs). I don't believe there are going to be any constructive updates to this article to bring the subject up to notability status --Malber (talk · contribs) 18:55, 6 February 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.