Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/S. R. Sidarth

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 no consensus defaulting to keep. There are valid arguments for both keeping and deleting the article (not to mention several editors who expressed a desire for a redirect), but I see no clear consensus in favor of deletion. However, anyone who wishes to propose a redirect or merge can certainly do so through the standard editing process. --jonny-m t 08:07, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

S. R. Sidarth[edit]

WP:BIO1E concerns: The person in question is only notable for having been called a racial slur by an American politician. Hasn't actually done anything that would pass Wikipedia's notability standards. Alternatively, the article could be redirected to Virginia United States Senate election, 2006#Allen's Macaca controversy, which covers the issue in more detail.

Keep as nomination is incorrect.

Whether or not someone's done something notable isn't a criterion for deletion. (Compare, for example, Jade Goody, a woman who's never done anything notable in her whole life and yet is clearly notable.)

WP:BIO says "A person is presumed to be notable if he or she has been the subject of published secondary source material which is reliable, intellectually independent, and independent of the subject." The article demonstrates S. R. Sidarth passes this test. --S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 11:54, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're not seriously comparing Jade Goody to Mr. Sidarth, are you? She appeared on one of the United Kingdom's most popular television shows as a star! She's released a number of her own DVDs, and her name is on the tip of the tongue of almost every Brit who pays attention to popular culture. That's what makes her notable. I nominated Mr. Sidarth's biography for deletion because the person himself wasn't the subject of published secondary-source material. The politician who made the racial slur is the person who received the intense media attention, not Mr. Sidarth.

S Marshall, please do a quick review of WP:BIO1E, which is pretty clear in stating that a person known for a single event should be covered in a Wikipedia article about the event, and not generally in a separate biography article. Warren -talk- 12:20, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

How right you are. Redirect with a self-inflicted WP:TROUT for S Marshall. --S Marshall ^Talk/_Cont 12:32, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect Very nice layout here. i like how everyone got along for once. Like i will ever see that again. :) --Meld shal 12:41, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:BLP1E. --brew crewer (yada, yada) 03:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I would normally say he isn't notable for being called a racial slur, but he is notable for the following:

S. R. Sidarth was named person of the year for 2006 by online magazine Salon.com recognizing the way he "changed history with a camcorder."
He was profiled for Time's 2006 Person of the Year, "You," the controversial mirror-like cover which reflected the reader's own visage.

Which the article lists so I believe that shows notability. ScienceApe (talk) 23:45, 14 August 2008 (UTC) i think it should stay its intersting ands its informational —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.70.140 (talk) 07:31, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per Salon articles and other reputable sources showing that he is notable as himself, and not just as an aspect of the event. (He is notable because of the event, but also beyond the event, per "Person of the Year" citations.) Minute Lake (talk) 23:25, 17 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.