Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kendra Bentley (2nd nomination)

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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. —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-26 09:01Z

[edit] Kendra Bentley

Kendra Bentley (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Reality tv cruft - not notable! Plus does anyone have such a name, outside novels?! MacRusgail 00:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep, Please see Freddy Holliday vfd. These two could be merged to, for example Kendra Bentley and Freddy Holliday but they are definitely N. —siroχo 01:18, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep; seems to be marginally notable, and not liking the name is not a valid reason to delete the article – Qxz 04:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep as the winner of The Amazing Race. Otto4711 04:33, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as satisfying Wikipedia:Notability; a quick search turns up nontrivial, independent sources in the top three hits. Kyra~(talk) 08:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep The article is about the winner who won with that Frd Holliday person, its notability is strong, I wouldn't say its just a cruft with respect to the nominator.TellyaddictEditor review! 11:40, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete the subject has no enduring interest and will be forgotten about within a couple of years (unless she does something else notable, and we have no reason to believe she will). Stamp it out now. Noroton 14:18, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep as notable. --evrik (talk) 14:48, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Any winner of The Amazing Race is at least as notable as a main character of a season of a TV show, since that's effectively what they are, and all the finalists are as notable as a major character would be if this were fiction. MacRusgail, like some other people, I'm uncomfortable with this entire series of nominations... I hate to accuse any serious editor of any kind of bad faith in things like this, but this feels like an attempt at making a WP:POINT, especially given the canvassing for votes you've done. On the other hand, I notice that you have in some of these discussions brought up the question of these people's international fame, and I wonder if you just are of the belief that national notability does not confer notability for the Wikipedia (which I'd strongly disagree with). Or, similarly, perhaps it's a case of WP:IDONTKNOWIT, since you're not from the U.S. -- I'm sure plenty of people here might be inclined to nominate Jade Goody, for example, but I'm guessing you have a better concept of her notability as opposed to that of the reality contestants you've nominated. I picked this one of the many nominated articles to say this just because, while I'm all in favor of saying funny things in AfD discussions, in this case the comment about the name just reinforced my feeling that you were making these nominations as some sort of crusade. Pinball22 17:50, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. I agree with Pinball22—it's inappropriate to disparage people's names. Harry Lipschitz 23:33, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete for temporal lack of notability. - WeniWidiWiki 01:25, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. The winner of a large season-long TV show is notable due to the celebrity staus such a victory provides. Quoth WP:BIO: "Notable actors and television personalities who have appeared in well-known films or television productions." This person appeared multiple times (in every episode I would guess, considering that he won) on a well-known TV production (The Amazing Race), and the contestants are the main people in the show.

Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:34, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Strong Keep She was a notable contestant - and winning contestant - in a TV show that is watching by millions in the US and abroad. Arguably, far more people will have heard of Kendra than have heard of many of the various obscure policitans / scientists that wikipedia has articles on. --IvanKnight69 11:49, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Notable, meets WP:BIO. - Denny 06:00, 24 February 2007 (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.