Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Danny Choo

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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 Delete. No reliable third-party sources to back up claims of notability. Black Kite 08:49, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Danny Choo

Danny Choo (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Delete - fails WP:BIO, fails WP:N, fails WP:V. There are no reliable sources that attest to the notability of this individual. The entire article is "sourced" by YouTube and his bio for a speaking engagement, which does not constitute reliability or independence. Otto4711 (talk) 21:57, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete - not notable --Starionwolf (talk) 01:03, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete as non-notable. If he'd received some news coverage for his antics he would be notable, but none of the references bear this out (the references are dannychoo.com or YouTube links that appear to be from Choo, as the user name is TokyoStormtrooper). JeremyMcCracken (talk) 04:58, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep as notable blogger. Referenced and well-organized article. Sincerely, --Le Grand Roi des CitrouillesTally-ho! 13:55, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep as notable blogger. DannyChoo.com is one of the most popular blogs in the world — especially in Asia — and one of the most visited websites, period. The Tokyo Dance Trooper has cult popularity, and two of the sources come from StarWars.com, which is a significant endorsement. Only a minor celebrity, but I wouldn't want to set the bar much higher than this. DOSGuy (talk) 14:48, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per the nomination. No reasonable adduction of notability as evidenced by the trivial references above made by DOSGuy, which (imho) demonstrate clear failure of WP:N. Eusebeus (talk) 17:58, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dustitalk to me 18:40, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep Needs more explain why it is notable, it currently only just passes WP:BIO. Ijanderson977 (talk) 19:42, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete The article is completely sourced by blogs, youtube, and Danny Choo himself. Those are hardly resounding endorsements and clearly not reliable sources. Thus, he fails WP:BIO. The assertion that the article is sourced from StarWars.com is misleading. It comes from a blog. Not quite the same. That's like sourcing a user's blog from ESPN.com and calling it legitimate because it came from ESPN.com. --Cyrus Andiron 17:12, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Editor already indicated keep above I'm not sure what the last poster is talking about. There are no primary sources, so none of these claims come from Danny Choo himself. (Number of times viewed is not a claim that Danny Choo made as TokyoStormtrooper, but a record kept by YouTube.) None of the sources come from personal blogs, either. The Official StarWars.com Blog is the official blog of StarWars.com, and it has a StarWars.com address. It's really not like a user's blog from ESPN.com. It's more like if someone posted an entry on ESPN.com's official blog, and ESPN's visitors liked it so much that it became the most popular entry for a while. (Does ESPN have a blog?) At any rate, the point of the reference is that the Tokyo Dance Trooper is such a hit among the Star Wars community that it reached the top of the offical StarWars.com blog. Anyway, I don't have a lot to add to what I said before. Danny Choo is a minor celebrity, and I'm not comfortable setting the bar much higher than this. DOSGuy (talk) 21:07, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment One of the sources is DannyChoo.com. At the very least he's affiliated with the site. That's what I was talking about. --Cyrus Andiron 11:49, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete unless evidence of significant coverage of Danny Choo as a person can be found. A google search found mentions of him and his website in blogs, etc., but nothing to satisfy requirements for notability and reliable sources.--Michig (talk) 21:31, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom NN Dreamspy (talk) 21:59, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete Calling his "the most popular blog in Asia" represents a grossly Anglocentric view of the world. The article is written primarily based on self-published sources, and the independent sources cited do not rise to the level of "non-trivial coverage" --- whether or not the Star Wars blog, Akihabara News, etc. counts as WP:RS, they're less than five lines long. cab (talk) 00:20, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment: transwiki'd to Wookieepedia, here. Not sure if the community will keep it there, but we'll see. -LtNOWIS (talk) 07:59, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
He might be too general. He's the son of a famous shoe designer and host of a popular Otaku blog. The Tokyo Storm Trooper stuff might survive, but other aspects of his celebrity aren't sufficiently Star Wars-related. DOSGuy (talk) 23:27, 4 April 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.