Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melissa McGhee

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. Yuser31415 06:36, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Melissa McGhee

Melissa McGhee (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Unsourced article about a former Idol contestant still apparently awaiting a record deal. She has apparently made some appearances post Idol, but which were not outside the context of Idol. No singles, no nationwide tours. Online press articles are a mixture of show marketing, and trivial mentions. Ohconfucius 03:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

• Comment The bottom line for me would be whether she's got multiple published articles specifically about her that didn't occur in the same few days. It looks at first glance at the references provided like she might meet that minimal standard, but I can't immediately tell. So I'll defer the verification to other editors and simply say that if her references checked out to what I described I'd probably give minimal support to keeping. Dugwiki 19:04, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Where does BuddyTV stand? She was just interviewed by them, but I don't know if an interview on that site does much to establish her notability. Otherwise, it's like Ohconfucius said, she's mentioned in a lot of AI articles, but they're not really about her at all. I'd say weak keep because she seems to be a sort of archetypical AI contestant. I could certainly be swayed either way, though. ObtuseAngle 19:50, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. I see everyone's point, but I would contend that being a finalist on American Idol (note:this does not mean all or even most reality shows. AI is the exception, not the rule.) is enough to drag the subject across the threshold of WP:BIO. I would find this to be more of a candidate for having a tag requesting sources or expansion, not deletion. If deleted, I would urge the admin to note in the deletion logs something about deletion due to WP:V so that a future article on the topic that does address these concerns is not knee-jerk deleted via CSD G4. I would also make urge said admin to create a redirect to the season of the show in which she performed. (note: this is a cut 'n paste of my comment on Nadia Turner's AfD. Same arguement applies.) youngamerican (ahoy hoy) 21:03, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
• Keep - The status of the American Idol phenomenon is enough to keep a page open for all the top 12 contestants. It shouldn't be deleted for now. --Mystalic 15:43, 2 March 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.