Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Banks (comedian)

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 19:05, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

David Banks (comedian)[edit]

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Subject has done some commercials and had a band. Lots of name dropping to try to imply notability, but notability is not inherited. Edward321 (talk) 01:03, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:47, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete As the article history shows, there has been a lot of recent edit reversion/reinstatement of chunks of text, mainly attempting notability-by-contagion (attending same school, appearing in same production as). In all of this, what hasn't been added is anything tangible to address the longstanding issue with lack of substantial references to demonstrate this person's notability. Nor am I finding any. AllyD (talk) 20:12, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note 1 A previous version of this article was deleted in 2008. I guess this version was recreated from there, hence the reason an article created in Dec 2011 is carrying a Primary-Sources tag from 2008. AllyD (talk) 20:17, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note 2 For anyone searching for sources, this is not the David (Francis) Banks who was a comedy writers for Richard Pryor. AllyD (talk) 20:17, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

delete I agree with AllyD's reasoning. --Shorthate (talk) 15:33, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Riley Huntley 00:42, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 00:09, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete fails WP:BIO, could have been speedied as a copy. Secret ^account 04:34, 26 November 2012 (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.