Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Bradford

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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 was Keep. Cbrown1023 01:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James Bradford

James Bradford (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
  • Weak keep. Where do you draw the line on reality-TV celebrities? Logo/VH1 is a good enough source for me to be labeled interesting Logo's Can't get a date site. Johnlenso 21:07, 14 January 2007 (UTC)


Delete - non-notable musician and actor whose claim to fame is that he was a bitter fat guy on a dating show. No independent verifiable resources that I can find, the article is currently sourced by IMDB and the subject's myspace page. Otto4711 16:38, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep. The guy is certainly minor, but there is sufficient curiosity and interest for people to search for him on Wikipedia, and for 14 editors over 6 months to build up a small article. This is certainly a borderline case, but we can afford to give it the benefit of the doubt. It would be good to have some kind of page count for such articles so we can have some idea of interest. SilkTork 00:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
  • "Curiosity and interest" isn't the standard for inclusion. The existence of multiple independent third-party sources is. Otto4711 01:45, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. The deletes make strong arguments based on the guidelines, but I find myself agreeing with SilkTork. The article is acceptably written and it seems to cobble together just enough little bits of notability to make me reluctant to support deletion. I can't say he is the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works - this is about the best I could find. However, the notability guidelines can't anticipate every situation and I think multiple, albeit minor, verifiable claims to fame are enough for a small article. --Kubigula (talk) 23:53, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. This individual may not be famous, but he has participated in enough significant and notable projects within the last 12 months for him to be JUST NOTABLE ENOUGH for inclusion. The debate as to whether reality TV subjects are notable enough to be included on Wikipedia has been going on for some time, but it is generally considered that if they have other notable achievements then they are notable enough. This person contributed published music to the soundtrack of a major television show; I don't know where one can go for verification of that outside of IMDB, but I have the show in movie files on my own computer and can verify that he is listed in the credits of four episodes for contributing music. This would seem to indicate that at the very least he is actively working in the entertainment industry, and it would be foolish to delete the article only to have him accomplish more over the coming year and have to re-enter it completely. Midnightguinea 10:21, 13 January 2007 (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.