Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dante Spencer


 * 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. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:54, 23 November 2010 (UTC)

Dante Spencer

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BLP about a model/actor that has been unsourced for nearly two years. No significant coverage found beyond gossip magazines discussing his relationship with Paula Abdul. Michig (talk) 07:16, 2 November 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:58, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:59, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

Hi, I'm a member of the Unreferenced BLP team. In looking for possible sources, I too could only find gossip sources. On the other side of the argument, he is somewhat notable for winning the "Mr. USA" - ahem - pageant. My vote would be to delete. TiMike (talk) 02:26, 9 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Conditional keep The article's addressable puffery aside, assertions of having won the title of Mr. USA and being runner up of 2000 Mister World  contest are claims of notability that should meet WP:ANYBIO if properly sourced. If sourced wins and nominations for Miss USA and Miss World are acceptable for showing female notability under ANYBIO, the equivalent male pagents should be acceptable for showing notability for males... even though the guy's pagents get far less popular coverage. Fair is fair.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 02:28, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * The difference is that female beauty contests receive much more coverage, and several women are internationally famous for having won them, and this is not the case with the male versions.--Michig (talk) 07:14, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes... more coverage due to the long-standing objectification of women... and certainly, there are far more female pagents of all sorts. Currently WP:ANYBIO does not condone nor grant the existance of a double standard.  To eliminate any such considerations in the future, ANYBIO should be rewritten to specifically disallow notability for such equivalent male pagents.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 09:08, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:15, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
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