Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Brolsma

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The result of the debate was KEEP

[edit] Gary Brolsma

This is a redirect to Numa-Numa which is him singing "Dragostea Din Tei" into a webcam. That has been nominated and I don't see why an insignificant teenager needs his own page.

  • Delete, not notable, vanity redirect. Megan1967 03:14, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • If numa-numa gets deleted, the redirects to it will be deleted too. If it survives, this should be kept. Kappa 04:40, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • Concur with Kappa.-- Jmabel | Talk 07:40, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
  • Jealous much? ( 70.248.179.218)
  • Extreme keep. It's just a cheap redirect. I hardly doubt that Gary Brolsma himself created a redirect, and redirects aren't really vanity anyhow. There is already a VfD posted for Numanuma, so if that article does not survive then redirect this over to Dragostea Din Tei. —RaD Man (talk) 19:57, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
    • From the Dragostea Din Tei article: Gary Brolsma is a teenager from Saddle Brook, New Jersey. Brolsma, reportedly, is not happy with his fame. Brolsma has since stopped taking phone calls from the media, cancelling an appearance on NBC's Today Show and not taking calls from The New York Times regarding the story. [1]
  • Abstaining for now. I note that the Dragostea Din Tei article contains more information about various Flash renditions thereof by amateurs, than about the song itself. Does a popular song merit its own article? And if so, shouldn't it be about the song rather than simple internet spoofs? Radiant! 20:48, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
    • It seems that all the spoof into has been added by users after the original article was put together. The song definitely deserves an article. Hedley 22:22, 19 Feb 2005
  • My vote is to keep everything under "Dragostea Din Tei". Of course the internet parodies should be within that entry, along with mention of Gary Brolsma. But I don't see why he gets his own page.
    • anon user vote not counted.Mikkalai 19:51, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Agree with the above. It's just a cheap redirect. Wikipedia is an excellent encyclopaedia of popular culture and we should always try to improve it as such. Haukurth 19:07, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep this page absolutely. If I had a thousand votes I would vote a thousand times to keep. This internet phenomenon is very significant and getting rid of it would require also getting rid of Badgerbadgerbadger.
    • anon user vote not counted.Mikkalai 19:51, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as redirect. The name is definitely searchable. Mikkalai 19:47, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete, The relevent info is already covered in the Numa section. Gary is not noteworthy outside of his 15 minutes of fame. If we allowed articles an every Joe Smoe out there wiki would turn into MySpace.Uopmegabytes 17:48, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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