Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ben Hymers


 * 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. I am willing to userfy for any editor interested in merging some of this content to other articles, provided such editor agrees to maintain GFDL attribution, which would require undeleting the history of this page and referencing it in the edit summary when merging content.  Jerry  delusional ¤ kangaroo 03:07, 15 September 2008 (UTC)

Ben Hymers

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Where to begin? The subject fails the notability criteria (in general as well as WP:ENTERTAINER),  verifiability, and WP:NOTINHERITED (in an admittedly weird reading of it maybe). Article has no assertion of importance/significance that I could see and it was tagged for speedy as such (a tag which the author removed in direct contravention of the advice provided in the tag). The show he was involved in may in fact be notable but, that does not confer notability to him, nor has he been covered in any significant form by reliable 3rd party sources Jasynnash2 (talk) 14:43, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Move to The 1940s House, since that appears to be notable and since the references in the article support the program. -- Eastmain (talk) 21:50, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Based on the article as it stands, lack of notability of the person seems pretty much beyond doubt in my view. If The 1940s House or something similar existed, I would suggest merging, but the fact is that such an article does not exist and might not meet notability requirements if it did. The show was nominated for a pretty major TV award, but failed to win any - which means it doesn't meet even the secondary criteria in the related Notability (films) guidelines. Also, no independent, reliable sources are cited in the current article to establish notability of the show. Merely being shown on a major British TV channel is not enough, in my view, if it did not get mentioned by other sources. The current article is also not a great starting point for an article about the show. Based on all that, I disagree with the above suggestion to move the current article since I feel that it's just delaying a valid deletion nomination. GDallimore (Talk) 22:48, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Possibly move, per above, but probably delete as non-notable.  If he's barely 19, he has time to become notable :) -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 03:01, 11 September 2008 (UTC)#

The reference to the IMDB proves the notability of the programme, and the individual's (Ben Hymers') notability within said programme. The belief is held that such notability is not in contradiction to WP:BIO. Thankyou. Thomwilkinson (talk) 21:50, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. The show may be notable, but that would be borderline. However, the cast are not unless they can show significant coverage in independent sources. Nuttah (talk) 07:29, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.   — treelo  radda  21:43, 13 September 2008 (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.