Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brandon Jones (singer) (2nd nomination)


 * 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 merge and redirect to Canadian Idol (Season 4) fishhead64 15:09, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Brandon Jones (singer)

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Brandon Jones isn't very a very notable Canadian Idol entrant, and many others more notable then him have pages Lemonflash 00:18, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Neutral. Canadian Idol castmates Chad Doucette and Eva Avila (who were voted off the same night) have respectable pages, so its not a question of notability. The subject can have a viable article on him, but at this point the page is WP:PN and seems like WP:COI. Mystache 01:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: They only vote off one person per night. He was 8th place, Eva was 1st or 2nd (without looking at the article.) --  Zanimum 16:18, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Weak delete - subject could potentially be article-worthy, but at the moment the article is unsourced, and violates WP:ATT and WP:BLP-&mdash; arf! 05:52, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - It just looks like it needs some cleanup and a few sources, which shouldn't be too hard, but I will agree it looks like WP:COI, but that can be easily fixed... really it just comes down to needing to be Wikified and made more encyclopedic, and even fixing the grammar, but this isn't beyond impossible, and doesn't look like notability is too much of an issue. Kiwizoid 06:07, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into the article on that season of Canadian Idol, until his career gains traction. --  Zanimum 16:18, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge into the article on that season of Canadian Idol. Keep There is enough WP:RS material to write an attributable article on the topic. Thus, the topic does meet Wikipedia notability guidelines and the article can meet Wikipedia article policy standards. Some articles include 1. CCNMatthews. June 21, 2006. Brandon Jones Named New Brunswick Idol ; Will Represent Province in Canadian Idol Semi-Finals Beginning June 26 on CTV.; 2 Canadian Press. August 1, 2006. New Brunswick high schooler Brandon Jones the latest to be booted from Idol.; (3) Canada Newswire English. August 2, 2006. Brandon Jones is First Male Eliminated from Canadian Idol. -- Jreferee 23:35, 24 April 2007 (UTC) I revised my reasoning to merge (e.g. add content into the article on that season of Canadian Idol, delete original content, and redirect topic).  With less than 1,500 characters, I would be hard pressed to call the content an article.  Even though the topic meets WP:N and the article can meet Wikipedia article policy standards, there should be enough text to cross a threshold between "this is an article" (a written essay or report on a subject) and this does not amount to a written essay or report on a subject. One sentence is not a written essay or report on a subject. Thus, even though the topic meets WP:N, the article can meet article policy standards, merge indicates that the content of such a very short page should be merged. -- Jreferee 15:16, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * &emsp; Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached  &emsp; Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, WjBscribe 23:45, 24 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Since no one has bothered to expand this one-liner since it was nominated five days ago, redirect to Canadian Idol until and unless someone wants to write something detailed about him, and citing their sources, of course. &mdash;Resurgent insurgent 2007-04-24 23:49Z 
 * Redirect. it's a 1 liner, per User:Resurgent insurgent -- lucasbfr talk 09:05, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete without prejudice to re-creation should he become notable, put out a million-selling album, etc.... A one-liner on someone finishing 8th is a bit of a joke. Except for the local rag writing about him winning the provincial round is insufficient to establish notability. There is plenty of promotional stuff for Idol out there. Ohconfucius 10:01, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment to closer All the information from Brandon Jones (singer) now is contained in Canadian_Idol_%28Season_4%29. If merge is the consensus, the only thing left to do is delete the article content and redired the topic to Canadian Idol (Season 4). -- Jreferee 15:23, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge - no notability beyoind being a contestant -- Whpq 17:29, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge to Canadian Idol. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SlideAndSlip (talk • contribs) 14:51, 27 April 2007 (UTC).
 * Redirect to Canadian Idol (Season 4). All the information is already contained there ... no merge took place as far as I can tell. -- Black Falcon (Talk) 03:21, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Redirect. Insufficient content (and notability) to warrant a separate page. WWGB 06:55, 30 April 2007 (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.