Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Brown (YouTube) (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   no consensus. Courcelles 20:18, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

Dan Brown (YouTube)
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YouTube personality of questionable notability. Won one YouTube award, but little significant coverage found in reliable sources - most simply list the award, nothing more substantial. No significant claims of notability otherwise. MikeWazowski (talk) 15:16, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, this person isn't notable, if this is notable enough the same could be said for many many youtube channels, could be merged with the youtube article under a sub section called top users or something. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Seasider91 (talk • contribs) 19:03, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable, all refs are to YouTube. The Mark of the Beast (talk) 19:51, 18 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete Who? Anyone can have a YouTube channel and Partnership these days - reaching a million subs would be more notable..  Ma &reg;&copy; usBr iti sh [talk] 00:51, 19 August 2011 (UTC)
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 * Keep Dan's work on YouTube has been the subject of in-depth independent commentary:
 * NPR:Dan Brown Wants You To Tell Him Where To Go
 * What's Dan Brown doing? That's up to you
 * Dan Brown Announces His Viewers Will Run His Life
 * UNL freshman cashing in as YouTube sensation
 * Dan Brown & Revision3 On The Dan 3.0 Web Series
 * Smart young YouTube vlogger on education’s fail
 * Speed Cubing 101 - Beginner's Zone
 * Dan Brown' Annoucement at VidCon 2010
 * Dan Brown's annoucement for "Delicious Steak" at VidCon 2011
 * I realize there a lot of YouTubers who have a lot of views that aren't appropriate on WP. Based on these sources, Dan Brown does not appear to be one of them. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 14:17, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per I Jethrobot. The links certainly show significant third-party coverage of the subject. Another one, taken from the first AfD — frankie (talk) 14:37, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 18:49, 25 August 2011 (UTC)


 * The weakest of Keeps - and only because some reliable third-party sources are available. Would most editors consider news.tubefilter.tv to be a reliable source?  As it stands, the article also needs extensive repair and perhaps even renaming; I know there needs to be disambiguation from the other Dan Brown, but with existing naming conventions, the current title suggests to me that this Dan Brown is a YouTube. Several Times (talk) 19:07, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete of the above refs, only NPR is particularly good, and even there I note a lot of the comments question its newsworthiness. It might be possible to merge this somewhere, but we don't have enough for a BLP. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  22:20, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
 * This kind of rationale is unacceptable. I'm sorry that not all the sources are NPR, but that doesn't render all of these sources null and void.  They are all sufficiently independent of the source.  If you can point to a reason why all of them aside from the NPR piece are unreliable, you really should take the time to provide it, because I took the time to find the sources. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 04:09, 26 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Comment More sources:
 * Revision3 to Premiere Interactive TV Reality Show, Starring YouTube Celebrity, Dan Brown
 * Dan Brown & Revision3 On The Dan 3.0 Web Series (Interview)
 * NPR-Hey, Dan. Answer These 10 Questions
 * Sorry, but there just isn't a good argument for deletion in my mind based on the substantial coverage here. I, Jethrobot drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 04:17, 26 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep: I am offended when on a subsequent AfD after a keep the nomination makes no reference to why the outcome should be different, and especially when I was one the people who spent some of my valuable time on the first AfD. Meets GNG, nom is just mistaken.--Milowent • talkblp-r  05:02, 26 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep These are the sources I find most compelling in enabling Dan Brown to pass the GNG (some have already been linked above by : "Dan Brown Wants You To Tell Him Where To Go" and "Hey, Dan. Answer These 10 Questions." from NPR, "What's Dan Brown doing? That's up to you", "East senior gains influence, insight through YouTube videos", "UNL freshman cashing in as YouTube sensation", and "Lincolnite YouTube star plays 'Millionaire' Thursday" from Lincoln Journal Star, and "Dan Brown (Not that One) Hands His Life Over to Cyberspace" from Fast Company. Goodvac (talk) 23:26, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
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