Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lineysha Sparx

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. No support for deletion beyond the nomination statement. (non-admin closure) Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:12, 7 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lineysha Sparx

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Does not pass GNG. The only piece of in-depth, independent coverage of this person is an interview from 2013 in Hotspots Magazine. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 04:54, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television, Entertainment, Sexuality and gender, Puerto Rico, and New York. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 04:54, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:09, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep In my view she meets category one of WP:ENTERTAINER by having appeared on all three of RuPaul's Drag Race, Untucked! and also Skin Wars. On top of that, she also has some supplementary grounds for notability on the second ground: 2. "The person has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment". Sparx co-created a drag plush doll, Lil' Poundcake, which has been the subject of enduring coverage and was also recently featured on RPDR All Stars. Some of that coverage re-discusses Sparx's run on the show, or even refers to her in the headline - and these articles come even from many years after her original appearance on Drag Race: see e.g. this 2021 article. The doll toy she co-created is "prolific" insofar as Chappell Roan has attributed it as inspiration for her drag performance look style. Over a decade after her original RPDR appearance, Roan is very much innovative and on the cutting edge of LGBTQ+ music and entertainment, so to me that is at least somewhat a 'prolific' contribution under the second criterion. When you combine the mentions of her as the co-creator of the Lil Poundcake Doll together with appearing on three reality TV shows, I think it's enough to meet WP:ENTERTAINER, even if narrowly. Flip^and Flopped ツ 18:02, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Every contestant on Drag Race also appears on Untucked; it's a companion show to the main series. The Skin Wars appearance is a single episode guest spot—not significant. Being Alaska's mini-challenge partner and making Lil Poundcake is not a unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment. You'll notice that it would be almost impossible to add any substantive content about Lil Poundcake to this article, because almost no source covering anything to do with Lil Poundcake has anything to say about Lineysha Sparx. If this made her notable, you'd think a reliable source or two would notice. ꧁Zanahary꧂ 04:40, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:ENTERTAINER and Flipandflopped above. There's enough coverage to justify a standalone article, which should be expanded and improved instead of deleted. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:10, 1 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above discussion. There is significant coverage. FWIW, I searched under the subject's birth name and drag name and discovered no connections between us, except a neighbor who "follows" her. Bearian (talk) 18:16, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Why would there be a connection between you two? ꧁Zanahary꧂ 18:18, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It's a Small World After All, Six degrees of separation, and WP:DCOI mean that we're all connected, but if you're too closely connected, you shouldn't !vote in an AfD discussion. I routinely disclose my connections with the subjects of debates, even if we're just friends of friends. This is especially true with the Heritage Foundation actively working to expose alleged conflicts of interest and point of view violations, and because while I'm not notable, I've lived in neighborhoods that have lots of notable people. This message wasn't for you; it was for AfD regulars and the stalkers. By the way, how close to Antsiranana do you live? Bearian (talk) 19:12, 5 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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