Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vivian Sørmeland

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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 no consensus to delete; default to KEEP. - Philippe 21:29, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Vivian Sørmeland

Vivian Sørmeland (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Idol fancruft.. subject of trivial coverage, 15 minutes of fame. Punkmorten (talk) 10:05, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. Coming third doesn't confer notability, nor does being a winner's girlfriend. JohnCD (talk) 10:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete, came in 3rd in a contest, patently non-encyclopedic. KleenupKrew (talk) 13:17, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Norway-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:28, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:29, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep However much I would like to see this article disappear, she is still notable, per WP:N. A search on Sesam (see [1]) privides 688 hits, just in news search. Just the fact that she broke up with her boyfriend seemed to get media coverage in every large and small newspaper nationwide. Of course, someone should add some of these references in the article to prove notability, unless they want this article to be deleted. Arsenikk (talk) 12:27, 9 May 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Fabrictramp (talk) 23:25, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. GoogleNews returns only 4 hits[2]. None are in English, so I don't know what they actually say. The Sesam hits are in Norwegian as well, I can't tell what they are about. Per WP:RSUE, verifiable translations of at least some of these would have to be provided to establish notability per WP:BIO or WP:N. If someone is willing to do that, there will be something to discuss. If not, delete. Nsk92 (talk) 01:47, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep as notable contestant with verifiable information. Sincerley, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 18:24, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. The sources have been shown to exist, and the fact that they are not in English is totally irrelevant. Many source are not available to all readers because they are only available in libraries in certain parts of the world, or for many other reasons, but we don't insist that direct quotations should be provided in these cases, so why do so when the reason for non-accessability by everyone is that they are not in English? The need to provide quotations with translations was a recent change to WP:RSUE which is severely damaging to English Wikipedia's mission as an Encyclopedia covering the whole world. English is simply the language in which the encyclopedia is written, not the language in which sources have to be. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:57, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
I disagree regarding WP:RSUE. It is an important part of WP:V and goes directly to verifiability. How else are we supposed to know what the sources say when they are cited to justify some claim? In any event, WP:V is a core WP policy and should not be easily ignored. Nsk92 (talk) 20:16, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep No, I dont read Norwegian, but I can still decipher enough of the content of the references to tell that a/ it is a major newspaper and a RS. and b/that there are multiple feature articles in it about this person. Just what they say is harder to tell, though certainly it can be seen that its about the show. That's enough to say that It does seem to be important in its own country. I consider that a deplorable state of affairs, just as with this show everywhere else, but that's the way it is. DGG (talk) 23:00, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep This seems like it has sources and she has notability. Miami33139 (talk) 17:28, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete WP:BLP1E Quercus basaseachicensis (talk) 20:04, 15 May 2008 (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.