Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jackson Davis

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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 keep. Arguments for keep were thin on policy, but consensus is to keep.--Kubigula (talk) 20:12, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jackson Davis

Jackson Davis (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable Youtube personality, with only claim to fame is a small tie-in with the Lonelygirl15 series. Jmlk17 04:41, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

  • "Small tie-in"? If you read the New York Times article you can see he's one of the three stars of the series. If you want to delete it, okay, but there's no need to misrepresent the facts. --JayHenry (talk) 04:44, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
    Actually, I realize now that the NY Times article isn't freely available, so apologize for accusing you of misrepresenting the facts, when this information wasn't clear in the article. At any rate, he is one of the stars of the series, so should be considered in that light. --JayHenry (talk) 05:14, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and actresses-related deletion discussions. -- DoubleBlue (Talk) 01:07, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 22:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Comment This is a bit hinky. Well, so I didn't realize that lonelygirl15 had gone to the great 404 in the sky, only to be replaced with a rotating cast somehow keeping her still in their thoughts. Possibly that suggests some notability but it's probably better to handle the characters in the original article or the List of lonelygirl15 characters article. These cast articles sort of combine the real actors with their characters so it's hard to judge notability. If it were just the actor I'd say delete and mention at the list of characters article. --Dhartung | Talk 04:31, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete not notable Dreamspy (talk) 19:48, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. I note that the nominator also recently nominated KateModern for deletion, which was speedily kept, so I am not sure of his knowledge in the internet TV field. Here the basis of the nomination was that the actor has only a "small tie in" with lonelygirl15, which is just not accurate. On the merits, Jackson Davis has been one of primary actors on the show for over a year, and has throngs of female admirers. I would agree that most of the other actors in the cast do not deserve their own pages, but I feel he crosses the line of meriting one. --Milowent (talk) 14:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. See the comments on the Talk page: [[1]]--Modelmotion (talk) 02:22, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
I really don't know what the rules are but i use Wikipedia a lot. It simply defies sanity to delete someone like Jackson Davis. He plays a lead role in a ground breaking web series and clearly he is an actor who should be watched. If this is beyond the scope of Wikipedia then perhaps it is time for that scope to change and show more support for the genre of web series which is a rapidly growing media platform.--Modelmotion (talk) 22:37, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. The page is lacking on information, I'll grant that. But since when do we delete pages based on lack of information? He is most certainly a notable personality. Can we just stub the article and move on? He's almost more notable of a YouTube celebrity than Yousef Abu-Taleb and Jessica Lee Rose. I fail to see how, because his main notability is that of a YouTube/Internet celebrity, detracts from notability. (Also note that there is an entire page relating to YouTube celebrities.) - Shiori (talk) 14:07, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. He is the main focus of lonelygirl15, moreso than Jessica Lee Rose I feel, as she is no longer in it, he has taken over the role of the lead character, more than any of the other characters have. I agree some other people, such as Becki maybe do not deserve a page as much, but Jackson does. Career-wise, he has done as much, if not more than Yousef. For a new fan of the show, Wikipedia will always be the first port of call, and it would therefore make no sense if Jackson does not have a page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Babygurl1853 (talk • contribs) 16:35, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. I agree with the others. Jackson is a key player in this popular web series. His character is now considered one of the two main characters, along with the others. Jackson is definitely someone to keep. His resume is continuously getting longer and I think maybe wait six months to a year to see how he develops in notoriety Chelseyrl (talk) 02:59, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. He is a very talented actor with obvious talent who has much more to come, his page deserves to be kept up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.83.112.71 (talk) 05:23, 28 March 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.