Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Branaman (2nd nomination)

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 09:02Z

James Branaman[edit]

Reality tv cruft - not notable! MacRusgail 00:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I don't like the Myspace link, but otherwise seems notable unto itself. Where's the lack thereof? Hasn't been explained. --Dennisthe2 00:37, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is now the third time that this article has come to AFD. It was previously discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Branaman and then again at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul J. Alessi. Merger into Amazing Race 10 contestants was suggested a week ago, is a pretty obvious step considering the duplication between this article and Tyler Denk and the ease with which the information in both would fit into the contestants article, and could have just been done instead of bringing this to AFD yet again. Uncle G 01:02, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or Merge/Redir into Tyler Denk. His notability is borderline, but a merge may be acceptable if he never so much as appears on late night infomercials again (: —siro χ o 01:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Tyler Denk, per Siroxo. --ImpartialCelt 02:33, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep as a winner of The Amazing Race. "Cruft" is not a legitimate reason for deletion. Otto4711 04:35, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge into Tyler Denk and/or Amazing Race 10 contestants. There isn't an enormous amount of precedent for TAR winners not immediately notable outside TAR being kept - it only seems to be Freddy and Kendra at the moment. Tyler is being kept on the strength of his win and his CSI appearance, but James is not notable for anything else AFAIK. Fipe 13:40, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is precedent for keeping articles on the winners of Survivor (TV series) regardless of whether they do anything else of note after their win. Hell, there's even precedent for keeping the runner up and some Survivor fans advocate keeping everyone in the top four. I don't watch Survivor but it seems to me that if winning a contest of sitting on an island for a month without pissing off enough people to vote you out is notable, then winning a 40,000+ mile race around the world is notable too. (and yes I know I'm simplifying Survivor). Otto4711 16:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I've even seen agreement that a sixth place finisher in Canadian Idol is notable enough to keep on WIkipedia. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 23:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete There's no reason to believe he'll be of interest to the public in a couple of years. Serious subjects belong in Wikipedia, and even unserious subjects of enduring interest, and he doesn't make the cut. Noroton 14:23, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as notable. --evrik ^(talk) 14:46, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - notable. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 16:54, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge per Siroxo. ConDem^Talk 16:55, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. These are bad faith nominations. Plus "cruft" is a goofy-sounding word. —xanderer 23:40, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete for lack of temporal or relative notability. Absolutely pathetic how low the bar for notability is for some people who live vicariously on television. - WeniWidiWiki 01:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notable, meets WP:BIO. - Denny 06:01, 24 February 2007 (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.