Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Urban (musician)

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. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:40, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Urban (musician)[edit]

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I am nominating this article for deletion because it fails WP:GNG. Finalists on British talent shows are not inherently notable (we even had debates about runners-up JLS and Olly Murs in The X Factor) so why is it any different for American Idol.

The following articles should also be redirected or deleted if notability cannot be established:

(03 md 23:55, 23 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose this listing of a mass AfD. The notability of each of these individuals needs to be assessed separately as they may be notable for things other than their appearance on American Idol. This is not an appropriate use of group nomination. - DustFormsWords (talk) 09:44, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Passes criteria #9 of WP:MUSIC. The article simply needs a few reliable sources. Aspects (talk) 12:41, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose listing of a mass AfD. You cannot simply list them, you actually need to go through and put AfD notices on each of the pages. Within the past ten days, Siobhan Magnus, Katie Stevens and Lacey Brown each went through an AfD and they were all closed as Keep. Also Paige Miles easily has enough reliable sources to pass WP:GNG. The other three need more sources like Tim Urban. Aspects (talk) 12:41, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Tim Urban article - He's getting press coverage in reliable sources like this and this. This is not the place to discuss the other articles. If you have a problem with them, nominate them separately. PDCook (talk) 13:35, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I was just trying to draw attention to other similar articles. My point is that an article JLS, The X Factor runners-up in 2008, was nominated for deletion. In American Idol it seems that contestants only have to reach the final 12 to become notable. Olly Murs, Jamie Archer, Rikki Loney etc. have all got RS but the articles would automatically be redirected if created. 03 md 21:52, 24 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And what, this is tit-for-tat? My show's contestants were nominated for deletion so now I'll nominate the contestants on your show? Or is it simply another case of Americentrism that an American show's contestants don't get cited for deletion but an English show's contestants do? Whatever case, you don't have a leg to stand on re: WP:MUSIC. I vote Keep. SchutteGod (talk) 21:34, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Benami and Bowersox; keep rest. Reviewing the articles, those are the only two that clearly fail WP:GNG. —C.Fred (talk) 23:40, 25 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep all. Pretty much all AI finalists get heavy press coverage, even (ugh) Tim Urban. Clarityfiend (talk) 02:42, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep all per precedent. Decimus Tedius Regio Zanarukando (talk) 03:44, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep all. I thought we went through this last season with a mass deletion attempt. I will never figure out why there seem to be users just waiting for these articles to be created so they can put them up for deletion. Like the show or not, these people are notable due to heavy coverage of themselves and of the show they are on. Hey if it's 9 months from now and these folks have done nothing outside of the show and the tour, then let's revisit this. But right now its very pre-mature. I myself am tired of going through this literally every season. Outside of Alexis Grace, the articles are always kept due to the show being as notable as it is and the contestants on it being notable. As for the mentioning of the X-Factor contestants, we can't really compare series. It's a case by case basis. --User:Woohookitty ^{Disamming fool!} 10:26, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep all — per User:Woohookitty. If they don't seem to be highly in the media a few months after the season is over, then this should be taken into consideration again. But not right now. EnDaLeCoMpLeX (talk) 00:31, 31 March 2010 (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.