Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Hoang (4th nomination)

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The result was no consensus. Too much WP:SPA activity (as well as an attempt to forge a !vote) to properly determine a consensus. No prejudice against a renomination if someone wishes to do so in good faith. Ron Ritzman (talk) 04:34, 19 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ken Hoang[edit]

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I dont think this guy is notabile. We have millions of avid nintendo players but that doesn't mke them notable.— Preceding unsigned comment added by BonesTrend (talk • contribs)

Definitely Delete. He never even made it on Survivor anyway.96.25.238.153 (talk) 21:21, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. per nom. Awjenk (talk) 21:24, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per above. Hersfold ^(t/a/c)
Redirect to List of Survivor contestants. Apdoir (talk) 21:29, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment" Both the comment allegedly added by Hersfold and the comment following it were actually added by SPA user Apdoir during the same singular edit. --| Uncle Milty | talk | 22:08, 10 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:44, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - This nomination is unsigned. That needs to be corrected or this should be thrown out or restarted. Carrite (talk) 15:30, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 15:55, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:55, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:55, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep- The subject seems to have quite a few sources covering him(I am not sure if they are reliable or not). Also, this nomination was a mess, and as said by Milty, Apdoir created Hersfold's comment, which makes this whole AfD seem unreliable. _Blake ^{(Talk·Edits)} 16:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment — Ignoring his video game popularity, I suspect this article on the members of Survivor: Gabon might establish his notability as it does provide significant background. --Izno (talk) 16:29, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Okay, I think I found a few sources using LexisNexis, so I'm going to venture a more firm keep. --Izno (talk) 16:35, 12 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per profile on survivor site. He was voted out shortly after the merge and all it does is describe he good he plays super smash bros. 50.14.194.26 (talk) 15:22, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per this discussion. Competing on a reality show doesn't make a person notable.151.202.242.154 (talk) 15:30, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above. AfterHelper11 (talk) 15:41, 13 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Merge. Fails notability on stuff.co.nz. The only Survivor contentants that get articles of their own are either finalists, those who have extensive experiance, or people who have otherwise estiblish notabilty. The source mentioned above only seens mentions his obsession with the game as well as his ability to make a livelihood for playing. Crystal Cox, in contrast passes because she was an olympic athlete, that alone is enough estabish a need for an article regardless of her performance on Survivor.JungleFuryPizza (talk) 19:49, 14 April 2011 (UTC)\\[reply]
Redirect per above. 50.14.207.96 (talk) 20:39, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and Redirect. 12.185.48.89 (talk) 15:58, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
delete per nom —Preceding unsigned comment added by 166.137.139.56 (talk) 17:07, 17 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy keep per:

Delete and merges seem to be in bad faith - crossref flood of WP:SPA activity, socking on previous AFDs (including previous AFD closed as "bad faith nom"), comments struck out by previous editors, and impersonation of checkuser Hersfold on this AFD.
Article appears to give good cause for notability on checking
Apparent attempt to waste time - if previous consensus is to be seriously challenged or disputed, a credible reason and serious participation should be visible.

Brief view only. Will re-examine in depth if credible voices consider there is a concern but so far not seeing this. FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 01:12, 19 April 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.