Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jennifer Dedmon
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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: the question of whether this should be merged with one season or the other is made moot by the fact that the consensus is that being on a game/reality show twice isn't sufficient for a Wikipedia article. A redirect is not sorely needed as the search engine will pick the name up in the main articles anyway, and no merging has been done. Delete. --Sam Blanning(talk) 12:56, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Jennifer Dedmon
db WP:BIO game show contestant with no other claim to notability Ohconfucius 04:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Keep Nominator seems to be unfamiliar with the show and the person (based on "game show" comment). This is a signficant person on a major hit show. This is not a like a typical "game show" contestant on shows like Jeopardy, or The Price Is Right. She appeared in Big Brother 5, and again in Big Brother: All Stars. In BB5 she received more attention than most contestants on the show. Normally, all BB contestants are either kept as a stand-alone article or merged to the relevant season. As this person is in more than one season, a merge is inappropriate. Instead this article should be better developed. --Rob 04:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Delete She appeared on a hit game show just doesn't cut it. What else could be added to "better develop" it? Rangek 04:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Her notability is closer to that of an actress then a game show contestant. An actress with a signficant role on a hit show, would almost always get an article. In the typical game show, nobody is concerned with the individual contestant. In the case of BB, there's substantial media coverage of them, and interest in their conduct, on, and off the show, and therefore material for expansion. --Rob 05:45, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- If you take away her involvement in Big Brother, does her other work qualify her for a Wikipedia article per Wikipedia:Notability (people)? From a cursory look at her article, I get the impression that Big Brother is her claim to fame. If you can convince me that her work outside of Big Brother is notable, I'd be willing to change my vote to "keep as separate article." Fabricationary 05:48, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Her notability is closer to that of an actress then a game show contestant. An actress with a signficant role on a hit show, would almost always get an article. In the typical game show, nobody is concerned with the individual contestant. In the case of BB, there's substantial media coverage of them, and interest in their conduct, on, and off the show, and therefore material for expansion. --Rob 05:45, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Merge into a list briefly mentioning all contestants from that Big Brother season, a la List of Big Brother houseguests (USA season 7). (Ohconfucius, perhaps you should have nominated all of these articles in a group... ;) ) Fabricationary 05:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- So, which of the two seasons would her name redirect to, in that case?
- Probably All-Stars (Season 7), though in that mention, a link to her name in the other list could be given. Fabricationary 05:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- So, which of the two seasons would her name redirect to, in that case?
- Delete per nom. -- AnemoneProjectors (talk) 11:04, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Delete as per nom. --P199 17:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Delete your 15 min of fame are over --Doc 18:25, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- If her 15 minutes was up, how did she win a national viewers poll two years after her first appearance, which let her appear on the "All Stars" season? Apparently, quite a few people did remember her. --Rob 23:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. FireSpike 19:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
- I suppose she's notable within the context of Big Brother as one of the more innovative competitors, but it's doubtful that she'll go on to anything of significant note. The obvious course, I think, is a merge with either Big Brother 5 or Big Brother 7. Mackensen (talk) 23:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
- Redirect into BB7 US article. Reality TV contestants only get their own articles if they've done anything else notable. The redirect will deter newbies from recreating it. The JPStalk to me 19:35, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. 'Famous for being famous'. BlueValour 04:18, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
- Delete and redirect per JPS. - David Oberst 06:33, 16 August 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.
