Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phillip Sheppard (3rd nomination)


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The result was   keep. Mark Arsten (talk) 05:35, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Phillip Sheppard
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As we've gone through many of these Survivor contestants articles, we've been redirecting the ones where WP:BLP1E applies. Sheppard is only known for his Survivor appearances, therefore all necessary information about him can be found in the articles on his seasons. He also wrote a novel of which notability is very questionable. However, simply being an author doesn't make you notable.  Gloss •  talk  18:50, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * keep for now, appeared on two seasons, and is an author. Also helps counter systematic bias due to the general lack of African American Survivor contestants with articles. Frietjes (talk) 18:54, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Might want to take a look at Articles for deletion/Russell Hantz (4th nomination) - how many seasons you appear on the show or what place you come in does not make you notable. Also, "he's an author" is not a valid argument if he isn't a notable author. Plain and simple.  Gloss •  talk  19:00, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
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 * Speedy keep for now, as through in my vote on the first AFD. ApprenticeFan  work 02:10, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Neutral This one's a tough call. He was a notable Survivor contestant and was involved with a well-selling novel; thus WP:BLP1E doesn't seem to apply here. However, he didn't exactly have a significant impact on the show like Richard Hatch or Rob Mariano and he didn't actually write the novel; his brother did. Phillip was only the character in the novel. It's hard to say whether these things really constitute enough notability for the encyclopedia. Most of the media coverage of him has only centered around Survivor and I have only found one source so far that mentions him outside that. Survivorfan1995 (talk) 20:28, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, &mdash; Coffee //  have a cup  //  beans  // 00:01, 15 January 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Northamerica1000(talk) 18:59, 25 January 2014 (UTC)




 * Keep certainly notable. two completely different seasons of a national tv show and published.. my opinion is the content could use some work. over time, say 10 years from now may end up a deletion if the article subject becomes irrelevant, but that a different topic for a different day DIZwikwiki (talk) 19:46, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
 * @User:DIZwikwiki: Yes I agree that if the article is kept, it could use some fix ups. Not sure I agree though about deleting it in ten years, since notability is not temporary. Survivorfan1995 (talk) 20:29, 25 January 2014 (UTC)
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