Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Max Mainz

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The result was soft delete. WP:REFUND applies. So Why 08:35, 30 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Max Mainz

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Inadequately sourced WP:BLP of a person whose only stated claim of notability is being the first gay contestant to appear on, but not win, one particular local adaptation of the Got Talent reality franchise. Being a non-winning contestant on a reality show is not a claim of notability that gets a person into an encyclopedia, however, and being the first gay person to not win it doesn't make his failure to win it more special or noteworthy than any heterosexual contestant's failure to win it. And the depth of sourcing shown here doesn't help get him over WP:GNG, either -- reference #1 verifies the existence of the show while not mentioning Max Mainz/Soloegg at all; reference #3 verifies the existence of another competitor named in this article while not mentioning Max Mainz/Soloegg at all; and reference #2 just claims that a newspaper published an interview with him without providing its title or publication date. There were also some contentious BLP claims here about alcoholism and homelessness which I've already stripped as unsourced, and even the explanation of his nickname "Soloegg" is teetering on the edge of a BLP violation given the unverifiability of its claimed source (a Wikipedia article has no business asserting anything about a person's genitalia without really solid sourcing for it.) Nothing stated or sourced here makes him notable at all. Bearcat (talk) 20:32, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Luxembourg-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:39, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:39, 16 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:41, 19 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Za wl 18:26, 22 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Wikipedia doesn't even have an article about the Luxembourg TV show which is the basis of the subject's claim to notability. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:06, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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