Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TheAmazingAtheist

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. Eluchil404 (talk) 07:36, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

TheAmazingAtheist[edit]

A biography of a YouTuber with pretty basic WP:BLP1E and WP:SBST issues. A guy of no other particular note made a YouTube video, in which he accurately guessed one of the people later involved in the Jokela school shooting. This coincidence was a story for about three days. (References 4-18 in the article span from Nov. 9, 2007 to the 11th, save for one on the 16th.) There's nothing else to say about this person, except that he was interviewed on a blog one time and has a YouTube channel (linked no less than six times in this article). - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 15:35, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Authors Keep, coverage was widespread in multiple languages in at least 15 articles of which I can find, also satisfies #2 of WP:ENTERTAINER.--Otterathome (talk) 15:44, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's a minor part of a story that made international headlines in Europe, so, yeah, the coverage is going to be multiple languages. It's Europe.
As for WP:ENTERTAINER, I'm not seeing the source that says he has a cult following. Which source is that, or am I looking at the wrong point? - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 16:20, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
50k subscribers is a large fan base. Ref 4 also says he is prolific.--Otterathome (talk) 16:29, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I'm in a bit of a hurry, so I'll use WP:ATA even though I hate it. Arbitrary numbers aren't much of a claim of notability when no reliable source has ever taken note of them, and the Wired article only mentions TAA as part of the one story that was the subject of a short burst of stories. This is an attempt to make a biography out of a news event that doesn't really rise to the notability standard for news stories. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 16:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And I don't speak a word of Finnish, but something tells me that some of these links are duplicates of a press wire. "YouTube-käyttäjä varoitti netissä Pekka-Eric Auvisen aikeista jo kesäkuussa, kirjoittaa amerikkalainen aikakauslehti Wired" is the lead of this, this, this, and this. I need to take a closer look at the German sources since I do know a bit; Der Spiegel is certainly good but intern.de smells like a scraper. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 16:34, 12 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep, but rewrite and/or move to better subject~~ It's a topic that has coverage. The sources aren't unreliable from what I can see at a glance. This page just needs to be cleaned and repaired. I can't think of a policy, or even guideline, that would qualitfy deletion. Tealwisp (talk) 08:17, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I linked two in the first sentence of my deletion rationale. :/ - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire - past ops) 09:04, 13 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to jokela school shooting Thinking about where one might move this to, I think the information is best put under the school shooting's page. Tealwisp (talk) 01:31, 16 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:BLP1E, WP:SBST or merge with Jokela school shooting and/or Internet vigilantism (unless there's somewhere better?) -- samj _in ^out 16:17, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Above user is vote spamming.--Otterathome (talk) 17:04, 15 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Pastor Theo (talk) 00:19, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per BLP1E. A nonnotable youtube "celebrity". Ugh. Kyaa the Catlord (talk) 06:54, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom--Caspian blue 06:55, 17 March 2009 (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.