Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Holt (0th nomination)

Paul Holt was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. 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 to keep. Cool Hand Luke  07:34, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Some flavour of the month (or to be precise, non-flavour of next month) singer. Vanity, probably. --fvw* 14:28, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)
 * People who don't survive audition rounds aren't notable. Let's try again if he actually gets a number 1, and include it in Simon Cowell instead of writing a seperate page. Delete [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]] 15:41, Nov 27, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I trust Simon Cowell's opinion: "That's the end of your singing career, that's for sure". Plus I watch X-Factor (am watching it as I type this, in fact) and don't remember him. And his single hasn't even been released yet, so unless it shoots to #1 he is non-notable. David Johnson 19:00, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's not true that we don't have articles for people who don't survive the auditions - see Cheeky Girls. His single is third favourite for Christmas number 1, and so is likely to make it into the top ten. It's an interesting story, and has been picked up by a number of the major news outlets. He has been on interviewed on major television programmes such as "This Morning". I think this is certainly an important enough article to appear in Wikipedia. And I do remember him from the auditions. TomPhil 22:22, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * At least the Cheeky Girls had several hit songs in Britain in the past. It's not really fair to compare them to someone who has yet to release their song. If this is to be kept, I'd like to see some serious referencing. I guess we can wait and see what happens... [[User:MacGyverMagic|Mgm|(talk)]] 10:46, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems to be this year's and the British William Hung, who's evidently never been VfDed. A song successful in an en market lifts a past reality show non-winner into notability; see for instance Votes for deletion/Billy Klippert. Samaritan 22:44, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Since it has been covered by some media it probably deserves to hang around, at least until we see what happens to his single. If that completely flops, someone could bring the article up for deletion again. BTW, it seems very strange to say "On 6 December 2004, Paul Holt released the single 50 Grand For Christmas" about a future date. Wålberg 02:48, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep it. &mdash;[[en:RaD Man|RaD Man (talk)]] 03:40, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. According to ReadaBet as at 26 November, Paul Holt is at 12 to 1 to have a Christmas number 1 excluding charity records. Others at the same odds are Robbie Williams, Madonna and Kylie Minogue. The run-in with Simon Cowell adds to his notability. Capitalistroadster 09:05, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. This VFD nomination is utterly bogus - David Gerard 20:42, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Should not have been listed. Dr Zen 23:38, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 18:56, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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