Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Provan (student)


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The result was keep. Can&#39;t sleep, clown will eat me 22:19, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

James Provan (student)
Article was nominated for speedy deletion under A7 (no assertion of notability), but doesn't qualify, because the notability was asserted. I'm putting this up for AfD instead. No opinion. A ecis  I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive. 22:24, 10 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Geez, I don't know. Rename it, maybe, to be about the video rather than the maker? Sounds like that's what's popular, not him personally. --Masamage 22:30, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, my official vote is Keep and rename. --Masamage 07:44, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep or move to an article about the video itself, "Pancakes!" -- Gray  Porpoise Phocoenidae, not Delphinidae 22:58, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Pure youtubecruft; and as noted above it is, if anything, the video that is notable. Eusebeus 00:04, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * If it's cruft, it's unintentional, sorry. I eagerly snap up the chance to write an article about almost anything that isn't obviously non-notable. Shouldn't "it is, if anything, the video that is notable" be a reason to say "move" to an article about the video itself? The video currently has 9 honors, 1,153,366 views, and has been favourited 8764 times. -- Gray  Porpoise Phocoenidae, not Delphinidae 00:28, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, you could move it to an article about the video, which is where, if this is kept, the article will almost certainly end up anyway. I would still vote to delete though because I feel these internet (ok youtube) memes are flashes in the pan and encyclopedia should not be here to chronicle what in the main a young, predominantly male, college-educated, computer-(over)literate group of nerds finds funny.  Eusebeus 09:14, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep but I am not bothered if the article is called Pancakes song or James Provan. Tim! 16:48, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep He supposedly got no.3 on the Israeli music charts with his pancake song. That's famous enough.Short stop 07:36, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I wasn't able to find a source for this claim. Could you give some citation for that? JoshuaZ 23:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep presuming that Short stop's claim above is accurate. Otherwise delete. JoshuaZ 23:56, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The reference is provided by the BBC: . A  ecis  I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive. 00:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Good enough for me. JoshuaZ 00:33, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Rename to the name of the video, the video is notable yet the creator probably isn't. Or delete.-- Andeh 10:04, 16 October 2006 (UTC)


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