Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diane Henry

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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, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:38, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Diane Henry

Nothing in the article suggests notability outside of Big Brother. talk to JD wants e-mail 22:21, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete come in Diane, your 15 minutes of fame are up. --RMHED 22:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Unfortunate Keep It depresses me to see so many articles of this nature, but she passes WP:BIO. AdamBiswanger1 22:33, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. The precedent for people like her on reality shows is that she is more comparable to a contestant on a game show, not an actress or a creative participant on a fiction/nonfiction TV program. If she ever does anything else to make a name for herself in the world (as William Hung has done), then that'll be different. wikipediatrix 22:43, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. She passes WP:BIO because she came in 3rd place in Big Brother and she has a fan base (can be seen when you google her). --  Nishkid64  Talk Contribs  22:48, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
    • I don't see anything in WP:BIO or Google that supports this. wikipediatrix 23:14, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep— with a dismayed voice. AdamBiswanger1 said it well enough for me. Williamborg (Bill) 22:53, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep for involvement in different seasons of hit show. Pretty easily passes WP:BIO's coverage criterion. This is a discussion on notability, not a vote on genre popularity. Dislike/disdain/disrespect for a genre of entertainment (even if warranted), shouldn't cause related articles to be removed for no good reason. Even if you exclude most BB contestants, those who reappeared on the All Stars show, rise above most of the rest, and warrant an article.--Rob 22:58, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Does this mean Jeopardy contestants who come back for the end-of-season tournament should also get an article? wikipediatrix 23:14, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Generally, no, because Jeopardy is not about the contestants personally. A viewer watching Jeopardy learns about 30(?) seconds of information about an individual contestant. There's virtually no independent coverage of contestants (e.g. not counting the show itself as a source), so virtually nothing verifiable could ever be said about a Jeopardy contestant (beyond winnings). However, the *entire* Big Brother show is about the contestants lives. More signficantly, there is ample independent coverage, which allows for a proper neutral verifiable biography on the person. As a simple test, watch both shows. Then, search for independent information on all the participants. You will then learn the difference between them. A good litmus test for determining if you can write a biogrpahy on a show participant, is to ask: what if the person and the show lied about everything in their personal life. Would anybody notice? In the case of Jeopardy, (usually) nobody would know or care if somebody gave bogus bio information on themselves. However, in case of Big Brother, people will know and care very often, and discrepancies will be reported on. Now, if the lives of Jeopardy contestants eventually gains a comparable degree of independent coverage, than I would change my views on it. --Rob 23:37, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
    • I didn't nominate the article for deletion because of a dislike/disdain/disrespect for anything, I nominated it for deletion because I didn't think the subject was notable. It was a good faith nomination, and popularity wasn't even thought about when I listed the article. talk to JD wants e-mail 23:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
      • Would you, or have you, made nominations of actors with a comparable level of involvement in a comparable hit show? --Rob 23:38, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
        • I would only nominate an article for deletion if I feel the subject is not notable, and I do not believe that having participated on Big Brother is enough reason to have an article about a person, especially when the only information in the article would be more contextual in the articles about the individual seasons of the show. talk to JD wants e-mail 23:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, passes WP:BIO... --TheM62Manchester 23:50, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment notable like many other reality TV show contestants, in the same way a turd in a swimming pool is notable, but still if that's the criteria...--RMHED 23:53, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete Not notable.-Kmaguir1 06:03, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete The information in this article can be found in the Big Brother pages. A-Supreme 03:52, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - well known personality. Her notability is not in doubt.Unitedroad 12:05, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep easily passes WP:BIO standards for coverage by outside sources. --Benjaminx 05:05, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per wikipediatrix, although it is one of the more professional pages on Wikipedia. The JPStalk to me 15:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, for the involvement in two seasons of Big Brother. bbx 06:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. She seems to pass WP:BIO. --Myles Long 04:01, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete/Redirect. Does not meet WP:BIO -- Comedy240 20:47, 3 September 2006 (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.