Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/American Idol (Season 5) semi-finalists


 * 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 of the debate was Redirect to American Idol (Season 5).  (aeropagitica)  09:09, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

American Idol (Season 5) semi-finalists
Delete - Information already in American Idol (Season 5) or contestants own pages Timclare 13:24, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect per MisterHand's reasoning. — TKD::Talk 21:14, 12 March 2006 (UTC) Delete per nom. I doubt that keeping as a redirect would be useful. — TKD::Talk 13:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to American Idol (Season 5) to prevent recreation (other seasons have these articles). -- MisterHand 14:27, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --MacRusgail 17:14, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep or do something, some of these contestants do not have their own pages. Lapinmies 17:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * But there is no to keep the page if they have their own sites. If they are important enough to have their own page on American Idol, then they should be listed in the American Idol (Season 5) page. Timclare 19:23, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Idol 5, per above. Just zis Guy you know? 20:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect as above; while not a terrible article in itself it duplicates the main one, which isn't large enough to require being split up. ProhibitOnions 21:50, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - Keep it as the Main article for the American Idol (Season 5) semi-finalists, just like it is now. Otherwise, it will be needed to flood the main article with the same info. PMLF 00:38, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Rewrite as something like American Idol contestants (Season 5), and collect all the biographical stuff in one place, then trim the American Idol (Season 5) article to stick to the outcomes. (Personally, I don't think this kind of detail is useful, but for reasons I can't understand some people seem to think American Idol is important.) Peter Grey 08:38, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep not all the info is duplicated, it provides a place to expand a little about those who are not notable for their own article, but which would be too much info for the main Idol 5 article -- Astrokey44 |talk 12:36, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect or delete. No information of worth not already contained in season article.  Except for Becky O'Donohue, who (barely) merits her own article, the eliminated semi-finalist names should also all be delinked on the season article and their redirects targeted there.  Postdlf 23:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Astrokey44 above. --Kralizec! | talk 02:39, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's good to have a directory for a group of people on one page. -- Freemarket 22:33, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Further, if articles on previous seasons have similar pages, those should be merged and deleted as well. &rArr; BRossow T/C 14:16, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Something needs to be done about the amount of External links on the page. It just looks messy
 * Move and delete - there seems to be enough information there, and there is still plenty more to find, that I think they should each have their own pages. After they are put on their pages, delete. CrazyC83 05:20, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
 * 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.