Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gary Levy

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 16:49, 24 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Gary Levy[edit]

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Non-notable reality show contestant. Redirects are repeatedly undone. There is no justification for a standalone article and all relevant material already appears in the Big Brother Canada article. Whpq (talk) 22:38, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:03, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:03, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 23:03, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, he is covered adequately by List of Big Brother 1 HouseGuests (Canada)#Gary. PK T(alk) 13:30, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: He is not independently notable. SL93 (talk) 01:47, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
While a competitor in a nationally-broadcast reality show can become notable enough for inclusion in Wikipedia, the mere fact that they appeared on a reality show is not in and of itself sufficient. (Even a competitor on American Idol or The Voice, for instance, still has to actually pass WP:NMUSIC the same way as any other musician does, namely by actually recording and releasing an album, and isn't automatically notable just for being on the show all by itself.) This article makes no serious claim that he's notable for anything more than happening to appear on Big Brother Canada, which at this time just makes him a WP:BLP1E — even the person who actually won the first cycle doesn't have an independent article yet (and might never, unless she manages to parlay her win into a more meaningful claim of sustained notability), and Gary Levy is hardly more notable for coming in second than Jillian McLaughlin is for winning. Delete and lock the redirect so that anon IPs can't keep reverting it; List of Big Brother 1 HouseGuests (Canada)#Gary is as much as we need about him at this time. Bearcat (talk) 19:46, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Big Brother 1 HouseGuests (Canada) and then Protect the page. Given the repeated recreation, I don't think it's unreasonable to require that any attempt to recreate the article go through WP:DRV. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 08:14, 24 August 2013 (UTC).[reply]

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