Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derrick Barry

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The result was Delete. Hut 8.5 19:21, 30 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Derrick Barry[edit]

This article was speedy tagged but I have declined. To me it seems not a question of notability because there is plenty of information to show that he is - but is it enough - I leave it to the wikipedia community to decide. PS the youtube links are worth watching. PPS I have no idea why there is a link to Cadiz at the bottom of the page. --VS ^talk 11:47, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Too soon. My personal bar for notability on AGT contestants is lower than many others. I personally think if people make it into the top ten or so, they are notable. But past AFDs on contestants has put the bar at around the finals. If the only claim to notability is the AGT appearences, then if the contestants have made the finals, their articles have generally remained. Not made the finals, their articles have been repeatedly deleted at AFD. As I said, I would personally keep more than that, but there's where precedent has been setting the bar. That all said, at this point we have only had the preliminaries. Until we get further into the competion, I would not agree that any of the contestants have notability yet, as long as AGT is the only source of their notability. So Delete, but without prejedice agsinst recreation later if he does get much further in the competition. - TexasAndroid (talk) 13:58, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Reality-TV competitors, especially talent-show ones, are generally only notable if they make the finals in a major show or have notable careers later on. Way too soon to tell, in this case. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 16:32, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I was the person who marked this article for speedy deletion. An appearance on Reality tv show itself does not make you notable for Wikipedia; he does not appear to have notability as female impresantor aside from the fact that he appear AGT. If we include him, shouldn't all the people who make it Vagas have their own pages also? (And if they do the same thing they did last year, AGT might only show him for spilt second in the Las Vagas shows). If Wikipedia starts to include every person who has ever appeared on Reality TV, what keeps it from ballooning to any gameshow? However, if he makes it to the top 20 or top 10, then issue should be revisted. Jvsett (talk) 21:16, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 21:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 21:36, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No reliable sources. It's either youtube, his myspace account, or the websites of where he works. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 09:34, 26 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: He has only appeared in one episode, which almost always means that it is he is yet to be notable and guilty of WP:ONEEVENT. –thedemonhog talk • edits 06:45, 29 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.