Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of products that Billy Mays pitched


 * 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 of the discussion was merge into Billy Mays. Nosleep break my slumber 15:37, 9 July 2009 (UTC) (non-admin closure)

List of products that Billy Mays pitched

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Violates WP:NOTDIR - Wikipedia is not a directory of everything that exists or has existed. I understand people were entertained by this guy (for some reason), but this really is recentism at its peak. I doubt anyone is going to care what commercials this guy was in in a year or two's time. I don't believe this to be analogous to filmography for, all respect for the dead, real performers. We keep track of those things for just about anyone (or, at least, we can and it would be entirely reasonable), but we don't keep track of commercials that people have been in, even for people known partly for being in commercials - show me List of products endorsed by Peyton Manning or List of products endorsed by Michael Jordan. You can't, because those aren't reasonable articles. Nosleep break my slumber 15:05, 7 July 2009 (UTC) Delete-We could delete this article, and make a new section in the billy mays article called "Things Billy Mays was best known for pitching" or something. We should mention some of the things billy mays pitched, but not every single one. And in reply to Tavix, yes musicans have discography's, but the discography's have information on the things the musician is notable for. The discography's don't have EVERYTHING the musician has it's name on, such as bootleged albums. KMFDM FAN (talk!) 20:28, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Almost entirely unverifiable, violates WP:NOTDIR. But call now and you'll receive not one, but two WP:IINFOs. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 16:56, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep This was created as a split from the Billy Mays article once the list in his infobox got too long. I took the liberty to make sure everything was sourced from reliable sources, so WP:V shouldn't be a big deal. Dealing with the WP:WAX, this is different from Michael Jordan because Billy Mays is a pitchman who built his career pitching for products, which MJ is an athlete. "I doubt anyone is going to care what commercials this guy was in in a year or two's time", so now you have a crystal ball and can look into the future? Your doubts shouldn't be a reason to delete an article. Besides, musicians have discographies, this isn't different from it. Tavix | Talk  18:20, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  -- Tavix |  Talk  18:57, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Advertising-related deletion discussions.  -- Tavix |  Talk  18:58, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Keep How is this any different than an actor's filmography? If Tom Cruise can have one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Cruise_filmography), why cant Billy Mays? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.5.7.4 (talk) 21:11, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Because Cruise's filmography doesn't include commercials. KMFDM FAN (talk!) 22:22, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
 * But Cruise did MOVIES. He didn't do commercials or was he known exclusively for doing them. Tavix | Talk  22:44, 7 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep The page listing the products that Billy Mays pitched is very important. I was looking for a list and this was the most concise list that I found. To say that such a list is not needed in Wikipedia articles is not only incorrect, but there are other lists, such as Law and Order, that highlight every single episode made, who was in them, and the content of the show.  How is that different from listing "episodes" or infomercials that Billy Mays made?  Please keep this page! And if someone could tell me how to add my vote to keeping this page, it would be very much appreciated.  Thanks 3skinny (talk) 20:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)  — 3skinny (talk&#32;• contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Note: copied from article's talk page.
 * Keep It's a list of what this notable person is known for. It should be possible to find sources for the items that don't have them right now. ReverendWayne (talk) 01:07, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Changing my !vote to Merge per GVOLTT. I didn't catch that the material had been in the infobox.  Making it a section would be appropriate.  ReverendWayne (talk) 03:34, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge into Billy Mays' article. It shouldn't be in his infobox (didn't even know that the products were listed there to begin with), but rather its own section, and having an article on a pitchman without describing at least some of the products he pitched would feel a bit empty. --GVOLTT How's my editing?\My contribs 01:57, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with Billy Mays The infobox may have been too long, but there is no reason the article itself can't have the section. Eauhomme (talk) 05:34, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Merger is fine and makes perfect sense. The list is obviously significant within the context of Mays himself. Nosleep  break my slumber 13:32, 8 July 2009 (UTC)


 * Merge with Billy Mays Not notable enough to be its own article, but it should be a subsection of his page. --CF90 (talk) 16:28, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete and revert Mays article to the version that had this. If it's "too long for the infobox" then make it a separate section in the article. Otto4711 (talk) 21:17, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Merge with Billy Mays - info on this page is not notable for its own page, but would fit well on his own article. --FlyingPenguins (talk) 02:22, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep: Appears notable and useful to me.-- Will C  11:56, 9 July 2009 (UTC)