Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Horton (YouTube)


 * 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. SpinningSpark 20:11, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

George Horton (YouTube)

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Having a viral video does not constitute notability. Fails WP:GNG and WP:ENTERTAINER. Tchaliburton (talk) 19:14, 24 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. Granted, but this is simply what he is 'best known' for. On that note, would contest that there is a failure of WP:ENTERTAINER due to the fact that there is a substantial fanbase, which in turn owes itself to unique contributions to the field of prank comedy of the channel. There are many other videos on the channel with many views; this is not a one hit wonder. [Koreanspy12] 01:02, 25 June 2014 (GMT) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Koreanspy12 (talk • contribs)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mz7 (talk) 18:11, 1 July 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Strong keep Numerous sources; what appears to have happened is channel has been renamed, and under the previous name, a wikipedia article was created and uncontested - Jesterlads - if the channel merits a wikipedia article, why not the youtuber himself? This article is clearly mainly pertaining to the channel, which seems to be notable, there are hundreds of sources online, most of which mention George. And i know imdb isn't fantastic, but he has apparently appeared on tv. Blondie86 (talk) 22:20, 5 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e deckertalk 02:48, 9 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete He's pretty tiny for a youtuber; there are literally hundreds of channels with 3 million views. The news mentions are also nothing more than the blog-style posts these outlets make several dozen times a day when anything gets a few hundred thousand views. JTdale   Talk 03:56, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Trivial mentions.  There's no significant coverage in reliable sources.  Citations consist only of embedded videos.  There needs to be an actual article about the person. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:51, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails WP:GNG. To be honest, I'd probably support the deletion of the group/channel as failing WP:ORGDEPTH too. That they had one video that got some coverage in mainstream media does not make them notable. There are plenty of people who have YouTube videos that have since been featured on compilation shows or even "YouTube video of the week" news items. The sites hosting copies of the video really don't constitute coverage at all - they are just hosting a copy of the video and the only mention of the group or the individuals involved comes from the in-video credits - the subjects covering themselves - and from comments members of the group have posted into comments sections under some of the videos. The self-promotion is strong with this one.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 06:40, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not really notable. Besides, there are other channels with more subscribers that also don't have pages. Besides, his channel already has an article, right here, so this is kind of pointless. -- Matthew  - (talk · userpage · contributions) 13:50, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete as non notable youtuber, Fails GNG. – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  22:50, 9 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - Video may have received a bit of coverage, but subject himself has not and is not notable. ~ Super  Hamster  Talk Contribs 18:28, 15 July 2014 (UTC)
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