Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vincent Cyr

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. Mark Arsten (talk) 15:21, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Vincent Cyr[edit]

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No reliable, in-depth coverage establishing this individual's notability has been presented. The only marginally acceptable source is a New York Times blog post, but that makes no mention of Cyr. - Biruitorul ^Talk 15:57, 5 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:50, 6 August 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, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 03:09, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I did a search under his name and YT handle, but was unable to find where he's ultimately notable. He might be popular on YouTube, but popularity does not guarantee notability. Nor does millions of views and thousands of subscribers. It might make it more likely to find reliable sources, but I was unable to find even one reliable and independent source that mentions him. Ultimately this is just someone who is popular on YouTube, but that popularity has not translated into notability per Wikipedia's standards. The current sources on the article are pretty much all unusable as anything other than primary or trivial sources. Also, his association with notable persons does not transfer notability to him and his lack of coverage in reliable sources shows that he's unlikely to fulfill notability guidelines anytime soon. If there was even one source that was reliable I'd suggest a redirect to List of YouTube personalities, but he doesn't have them and I think a standard for that page would be that they'd have to have a reliable source to back up their claim to fame.Tokyogirl79 (talk) 09:40, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - I agree with Tokyogirl on many points. I would recommend that it be redirected to List of YouTube personalities as he definitely is a pretty known YouTube personality. Well-known on YouTube, but very few other places which is the reason why this article should not be kept. The claim of notability is there; however, the problem is that the only sources that I find are from social media and are not reliable or independent. It would be nice if a newspaper or two would pick up and write a story about him, but until that happens, there simply are not enough sources for notability. --MalcomMarcomb11376 (talk) 20:21, 13 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Tokyogirl. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 03:40, 19 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per MalcomMarcomb11376 to List of YouTube personalities. - AuthorAuthor (talk) 09:43, 19 August 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.