Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Final Fu competitors

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 Delete. ChrisO 22:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

All these people were participants in a U.S. TV show called Final Fu. Many are amateur martial artists. All these articles in this nomination violate WP:OR, WP:V, and ultimately WP:BIO as well. See also, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Hilliard, a test AfD. Recommendation: Delete.

List of articles nominated for deletion:

• Chris Brewster
• Whitney Harchanko
• Jessica Mellon
• Matt Mullins
• Gemma Nguyen
• Jessen Noviello
• Jonathan Phan - particularly egregious vanity
• Bryan Rogers
• Michelle Spencer - trivial local newscoverage
• Jackson Spidell - CSD worthy
• Hans Wikkeling
  • - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:13, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, being a game show/reality TV contestant is not notable in itself. Nuttah68 15:25, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete all per nom and merge any new information into Final Fu. VoiceOfReason 15:31, 21 August 2006 (UTC) Neutral. I don't know enough about this topic. VoiceOfReason 23:07, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Jonathan Pham should be removed from this AfD and have his own AfD, as his claim to notability can stem from being a noted practitioner of parkour or tricking, not just his involement with Final Fu. hateless 17:21, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think so, this is about multiple non-trivial published works, no matter from what source. - CrazyRussian talk/email 21:39, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment: Matt Mullins, Jaskons Spidell, and Chris Brewster should have serparate AfD, as their claim to notability can stem from being part of well know performance team Sideswipe, who also appeared on America's Got Talent. Naidim 20:32, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think so, this is about multiple non-trivial published works, no matter from what source. - CrazyRussian talk/email 21:39, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep all. A mistake with Brian Hillard doesn't mean a mistake here. An MTV reality show is inherently notable, and these folks, with their particiipation, certainly meet any expectations one would have regarding people's knowledge of them. --badlydrawnjeff talk 10:59, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong delete all per nom. They are already mentioned by name on Final Fu, and have no notability outside of that. They do not warrant individual articles. —Michael Hays 17:25, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete A show can be notable, however contestants on the show are not inhertently notable enough in their own right to garner then own article. Yes, they are notable within the scope of the television show, however, their notability has not expanded to a degree outside of that show in which they are their own seperate entity like other notable characters. Give them time, and maybe they will expand into their own space, however, as of right now, they are not noteworthy enough outside of the television show to be on their own. Yanksox 19:27, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Some of the notable people should be kept, for example Matt Mullins filmed a documentary on Extreme martial arts with Mike Chat. Dessydes 05:21, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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.