Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lauryn McClain


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The result was delete. Tone 10:05, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Lauryn McClain

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Significant refbombing. Click a few cited links and you'd find it difficult to spot her mention. Most of the citations talk about her sister China. Miserably fails WP:GNG if you search her name. Doesn't pass WP:NACTOR because the roles she got were not significant. - Harsh (talk) 16:46, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I disagree. She had lead roles in major productions like Haunt, which had a tiny budget yet got $2.4 million at the box office, it was generally critically acclaimed, and it ranked the #1 most watched movie premiere of 2019 on Shudder. She was also the lead role Janelle in the YouTube Red series Step Up: High Water, and most to all episodes have received at least a million views on YouTube, with many episodes reaching 20, 30, 40, or even 50+ million views. Both Lauryn and the series have gotten even more interest the past two days following the death of Naya Rivera, and after Lauryn spoke a little with People Magazine about sharing a post of Rivera on her Instagram. She also voiced Freddie Facilier in the second season of the Disney Channel television series Descendants: Wicked World which was a very popular series on Disney Channel. Factfanatic1 (talk) 18:09, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * At first glance, the article looks like an obvious keep, but take a minute to check some citations at random, and they are worthless. The sources are generally not reliable, not independent, or not relevant.  At best the sources discuss something she is part of, but say little, if anything about her specifically.  There might be some good sources in there, but the REFBOMBING has made it impossible to find them.  Given all of her credits, there should be ample coverage of her.  The inclusion of junk sources defeats the entire purpose of providing sources.  If we want to see junk sources, we can go to google, it has lots.  The idea of citing sources, is so that we don't have to sift through all the garbage to get to the good stuff.  Can you identify a *single* quality, independent, reliable, third party source that talks substantially about this specific person.   --Rob (talk) 22:02, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
 * This link also backs up the fact that she's notable in her own right. Around the time that Step Up: High Water, Haunt, and Descendants: Wicked World, all of which she had lead roles in, her Wikipedia page surged in popularity. There's also been quite a good amount of views since this page was officially created in the last few days. Factfanatic1 (talk) 16:47, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I agree she is very popular. She has well over half a million social media followers.  However, what we need is for independent reliable sources to write substantially about her specifically.  --Rob (talk) 17:19, 19 July 2020 (UTC)
 * , correct! she is very popular & since popularity isn’t synonymous with notability that doesn’t count for much. Also you are very much correct what we need is in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources which is lacking here. Celestina007 (talk) 16:56, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
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 * Delete I agree with ’s analysis, I can’t also seem to observe in-depth significant coverage in reliable sources that substantiates nor proves notability. Hence doesn’t satisfy our general notability criteria. Furthermore the ref bombing is a common tactic usually utilized by UPE editors. Celestina007 (talk) 16:56, 20 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons I and others say above. A single good source would make me happily switch.  --Rob (talk) 17:48, 20 July 2020 (UTC)


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