Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Masta wong

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. Mangojuice^talk 05:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Masta Wong

Seeing as the prod was removed with no reasoning behind it, I'm listing this article for deletion. The only notability that this Pants-Off Dance-Off contestant has is that he was used in a New York Times and CNN article about the series itself. The show is not as wide spread as American Idol (the author used "Why is William Hung on Wikipedia?" as an excuse for this person's inclusion) or even So You Think You Can Dance?. I believe this article should be deleted because of the esotericness of the show, its audience, and its contestants (the nightly grand prize is US$200, not a recording contract or anything larger). Ryūlóng 20:53, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment As WP:SNOW is neither policy nor guideline and the nominator seems to mention that the article "barely passes WP:BIO", I would suggest this AfD be removed or the nominator revise the reasons behind the nomination hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 00:50, 16 August 2006 (UTC) Nomination has since been revised hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 01:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Unfortunately, New York Times and CNN has written about him, fairly extensively actually, as the primary subject in their articles, and it's not just a passing mention, so he gets by WP:BIO. I'm not sure "esotericness" = "nonnotability" (just as "famous" != "notability"). See the essay User:Uncle_G/On_notability, specifically the section Notability is not fame nor importance. ColourBurst 01:32, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep.My personal impression is that shows are run by the presence of its contestants & just not by the name itself and the guy i mentioned won the show 3 times"...I would like to see,why we only be interested in mentioning the name of the show & not the contestant who has won it??Notability does not only constitute the show's name itself but also the winning contestants who participated in the shows.I agree with the contributor above,Notability is above & beyond the fame ,importance or notriety of an individual....If New York times or CNN claim the show to be "the dumbest on the cable",then again it is adding to the Notability of the show/participants...Besides both these articles mention more about this contestant rather then the show itself. (Trppo 02:30, 16 August 2006 (UTC))
• Keep. I've fleshed out the reference section somewhat. The CNN article originated from AP, so many other newspapers carried the identical story. Meets WP:V and WP:BIO. --Satori Son 19:03, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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