Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jay Maynard

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. — Cirt (talk) 17:28, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Jay Maynard[edit]

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Biographical page contributed by subject, and is being actively edited by subject. Subject fails notability test. 4er6ty8ui (talk) 16:17, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 16:25, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, definitely notable. From the news hits [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] - frankie (talk) 16:45, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the diligence you exercised with providing those citations. (→Netscott) 00:43, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. He's Internet Famous, yes, but still notable - it might help to note which 'notability test' you're using. I'd be more concerned about his involvement in the page if it didn't appear neutral. Several Times (talk) 16:50, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The notability test he fails is WP:NTEMP. If we look at all the news references, there are three events. He appeared on Kimmell's TV show, he was barred from seeing a movie in a brightly-illuminated suit, and he attended a convention. I put it to you that this is pretty close to WP:ONEEVENT, unless we are going to feature a biography of everyone who attends a fan convention or is kicked out of a movie for making an annoying noise. 4er6ty8ui (talk) 17:06, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'll agree that Maynard is only really notable for his Tron Guy costume, but he continues to be notable for it. It's not as if he wore it once, made a YouTube video, and then waited until it became popular. He continues to wear the costume at public events and continues to receive media coverage for it. Several Times (talk) 18:09, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The other thing about this is that every piece of information relevant to Maynard's 'notoriety' is already covered, along with his photo, in List of Internet phenomena.4er6ty8ui (talk) 21:35, 15 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Internet phenomena actually appears to violate many of the guidelines noted in WP:NOT - nominating it for deletion may lead to a more interesting discussion. Several Times (talk) 14:19, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, the issue is entertaining. --Aleksd (talk) 17:44, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep albeit mild. The notability is probably longer than some. Also not nearly as promotional as many bios, although it does hit one of my hot buttons: the word "famous" does not belong in an encyclopedia article. W Nowicki (talk) 18:04, 19 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I haven't signed in for months but when I saw this article was up for deletion I decided it was worth doing. This man's notability is established and he has become something of a cultural icon relative to the whole Tron story and I suspect will likely be cited in that regard for years to come. (→Netscott) 00:40, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Abstain, for obvious reasons. I will say that I have kept my fingers out of the page since very early on, aside from changes that meet WP:AUTO (obvious vandalism, unsourced wrong facts), and will continue to do so. -- Jay Maynard (talk) 02:16, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. An explaination of the Tronguy phenomenon needs more than a couple sentences. Jay, are there any other open-source projects you work on that we can add? Frotz (talk) 04:32, 22 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The guy even makes commercials. [10] > RUL3R^>trolling_>vandalism 14:04, 22 August 2011 (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.