Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michelle Belanger (3rd nomination)


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The result was keep. Just because an article is written for promotion does not automatically make it non-notable, but because this is a BLP, cleanup is required. Note that she does not meet WP:MUSBIO because she was only a guest vocalist. (non-admin closure) SST flyer 09:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Michelle Belanger
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Even aside from the fact that this is a self-promoting article by someone that believes they're a vampire (heh...), it fails to have adequate coverage in non-trivial secondary sources. Jtrainor (talk) 23:33, 19 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep There's plenty of sources and notability. (20+ books, several TV show appearances, and credited with a music release on the Billboard charts). I don't see any indication of self-promotion. In fact, this article looks better than it did when it was nominated the first and second time, and was decided to keep. Ebonyskye (talk) 21:41, 23 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete I checked the references and many are dead; others do not verify the content in the article. There isn't much left. She is an author, and some of her books are in as many as 100 libraries; I did find two of her books in lists on Publisher's Weekly, but no reviews here. . She has appeared on minor television programs on the paranormal, but like her authorship, I don't find substantial reliable sources. LaMona (talk) 23:06, 23 April 2016 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete frankly as I found nothing better and the current article is still questionable overall, I'm not convinced this can be better improved. SwisterTwister   talk  21:49, 25 April 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ymblanter (talk) 08:01, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep although this is stupid, she is notable as Ebonyskye confirms. ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 19:45, 27 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep I think this is very silly, too, but she's in the media and has been written about over time., you should check The Internet Archive in order to retrieve the dead links using the WayBack Machine. I've rescued a good number of them. I also added a couple of sources, but have to sign off Wiki for the time being (it's late.) Megalibrarygirl (talk) 00:53, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment I've cleaned up the article a bit, added references where needed, and there shouldn't be any more dead links. Megalibrarygirl (talk) 19:20, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep - per WP:GNG. third nom. time to give it several years until next nom.BabbaQ (talk) 14:27, 30 April 2016 (UTC)


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