Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garth Gerhart

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 delete and redirect to Mad (magazine)#The Fundalini Pages. --PeaceNT (talk) 05:34, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Garth Gerhart[edit]

Not only is the article weaselly ("may be best known"), but it's also a permanent stub. There are no reliable sources pertaining to Gerhart or his Bitterman comic strip, which is only a small comic that appears in one small section of Mad. (See also this.) This article is so short that I don't see any point in even retaining a redirect. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells• Otter chirps • HELP!)} 17:27, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, Delete. Fails WP:BIO and WP:ENTERTAINER, and his may be best known strip was deleted for being not notable. --Amalthea (talk) 16:12, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget 23:24, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, I say. Being regularly published in Mad is good enough for me. - Richard Cavell (talk) 00:04, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Even if there isn't a single source to verify it? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells• Otter chirps • HELP!)} 00:47, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. We would need substantial independent coverage of the person. Can be redirected to Bitterman if that becomes notable enough to be recreated. - Eldereft (cont.) 16:41, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Mad (magazine) because the comic writer doesn't warrant an individual article. Pie is good ^{(Apple is the best)} 17:56, 2 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Mad (magazine)#The Fundalini Pages which already includes all the information available in this article stub. -- Whpq (talk) 14:45, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Mad (magazine). Fails the notability crtieria for biographies - no coverage in reliable secondary sources, no evidence of awards or a unique contribution to the field. Even the redirect might be stretching it a little, but redirects are cheap and can always be overwritten if there becomes more to say or an alternative Garth Gerhart (the Arizona footballer for example) becomes prominent enough for an article. Euryalus (talk) 07:05, 7 August 2008 (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.