Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dennis Day (Mouseketeer)

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The result was keep. Sandstein 07:11, 17 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dennis Day (Mouseketeer)

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WP:NOTNEWS Meatsgains^(talk) 02:03, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. He was one of the original Mouseketeers and the unusual circumstances surrounding his lengthy disappearance and likely death are noteworthy contributions to historical, notorious, infamous celebrity crimes or murders.

I think the decision should be held off until the officials identify the remains found. Personally, I think if it is him, then the article should be kept as noteworthy. CFLeon (talk) 02:14, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I considered writing this, and have improved it, because there are two points of notability: his career as a child actor and his disappearance. National coverage of his disappearance extends back to when Dateline featured it in February this year. Yngvadottir (talk) 02:26, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I started this article about Dennis Day when I saw that there wasn't one. I was surprised because he was one of the original Mouseketeers. Whether or not the human remains found on his property turn out to be him is not relevant. The fact that he has no other acting credits listed on IMDB is not relevant. He was one of the original fucking Mouseketeers. That was a huge deal in 1950s America. It isn't possible to talk about that history without talking about Dennis Day. What's wrong with you people? Bitter Oil (talk) 03:06, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Keep Ignoring the aggressive rhetoric of the article creator, his disappearance and subsequent coverage (including the most recent development regarding a found body) means that Dennis Day satisfies WP:BASIC but only barely. That said, a lot of conflicting accounts of notability apply to this article. WP:CRIME and WP:NCRIME seem to discourage that reading of the article's notability while WP:ENTERTAINER seems to encourage the reading that his role as Mouseketeer alone was notable enough. I don't think the Mouseketeer page would be a good place to merge this either. Userqio (talk) 06:00, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: per WP:GNG. All these sources stating that he is missing show that he is/was notable as an indivindual. SSSB (talk) 11:05, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep per Userqio, SSSB, Yngvadottir. Mosaicberry (talk) 12:35, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep with Yngvadottir's improvements. Fulfills requirements of GNG. ♟♙ (talk) 14:39, 10 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hey User:Meatsgains! Take a look at this]. Do you think all those people were suddenly interested in the other Dennis Day? No, they wanted to know more about the Mouseketeer! Bitter Oil (talk) 16:20, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I nominated for deletion in the first place is because the subject doesn't appear notable enough outside of his disappearance, which caused a significant spike in traffic. Please read through WP:NOTNEWS, While news coverage can be useful source material for encyclopedic topics, most newsworthy events do not qualify for inclusion. Let's let this AfD play out. Meatsgains^(talk) 23:07, 11 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, people care now because he's in the news, but they are coming here because they want to learn more about him. That's not news, that's history. You wanna make a bet on how this AFD plays out? If the article is deleted, I will delete my account. If it isn't, you delete your account. How about it, Meatsgains? Bitter Oil (talk) 03:09, 12 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Passes WP:GNG. -- Dane ^talk 03:52, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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