Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex from Target (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Too soon, I think. Perhaps he will become notable in the future. Stifle (talk) 14:07, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

Alex from Target
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This article is about a person who is not known for anything except a random picture taken of him working at Target, many different media outlets carried the story on the viral take up of this picture. The films/music he is involved in is not notable and do nothing to help Alex meet WP:ANYBIO as this is a single event notability a reassessment is needed to gain a consensus on permanent notability. - McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 18:24, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete; no evidence of significance, let alone long-term notability. Wait until solid sources, months or years detached from the event, publish articles on the guy.  Nyttend (talk) 20:34, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
 * (Seven months after his photo went viral) another article 5 monthes after he went viral discussing his potential movie career . You were saying? GuzzyG (talk) 06:11, 12 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Once again, news sources: they don't give any significant coverage of the original event. We need secondary sources, not news reports about what the guy's up to at the time of the reports.  These are all primary sources, things originating from the time of an event and therefore part of the event itself: we need something that looks back from a distance.  I was going by the nominator's statement that he doesn't appear to have gotten any coverage aside from the original event.  Nyttend (talk) 06:16, 12 August 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete This article at best would be about the photo and it going viral. However that is not really significant enough to have its own article. Alex Lee at some point may be a notable actor/singer/entertainer of some sort, however right now he is a 17-year-old who had his picture get noted by some people. This is the ultimate in presentist bias. Unless he does other things significant, no one will care about him in 5 years. So for now we should delete the article and we can recreate it if and when he does something of more significance.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:47, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete mainly due to WP:ONEEVENT. This guy is only known for a single thing. 156.145.58.224 (talk) 16:24, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Userfy until it's clearer how he will use his success. Bearian (talk) 12:39, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Going against the grain here, but the kid has two fully dedicated New York Times articles,, combine this with the other sources, if this was any career other then an internet celebrity this would qualify him. Here is a article from Business Insider from two monthes back about his debut single  (Seven months after his photo went viral) another article 5 monthes after he went viral discussing his potential movie career . Web celebrities can be notable too. GuzzyG (talk) 06:06, 12 August 2015 (UTC)


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