Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jay London

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was ambiguous with 5 clear "delete" votes and 3 clear "keep" votes. While there is a clear majority to delete, there is not the overwhelming majority necessary to indicate concensus to delete. the decision defaults to "keep" for now.

I note however that the article is in very poor shape being unformated and unverified. If the article is not cleaned up in a reasonable time, it may be appropriate to renominate it for deletion. Rossami (talk) 09:14, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Jay London
Only thing notable about him is that he participated in an Idols-like show, and didn't win. Radiant! 09:18, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep besides being on Last Comic Standing, he's been a stand-up comic since the mid 80s and has a couple of film roles. 7,500 Google hits. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  10:58, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete BTW, of the x-thousand Google hits are included the likes of "David Jay London," a triathelon athlete, several references to "sombody Jay London" in various family trees, etc. There's even a reference to a wedding. --BenWilson 17:31, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, doing what sounds like routine stand-up comedy on national television is not inherently encyclopedic, and this reads like a promotional blurb. Wyss 18:21, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable enough - Google shows a mixed bag of "Jay London"s but the majority are not of this comedian, artist promo. Megan1967 00:46, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. ComCat 02:19, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, doesn't pass the deletion policy criteria - David Gerard 15:09, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually it does, as per the 'not suitable for Wikipedia' criterium. I'd suggest you re-read the article: What Wikipedia is not. From there, read the section 'Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base', and in particular, 'Biography articles should only be for people with some sort of notoriety or achievement'. Radiant! 10:33, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, spurious notability. JamesBurns 06:37, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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