Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ray William Johnson


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The result was   delete. Per WP:BIG, it doesn't matter how successful he is on Youtube, we need reliable sources to prove his notability. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 05:52, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Ray William Johnson

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Non-notable person, fails general notability guideline Auche (talk) 02:35, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, one reliable source does not a biographical article make. —   pd_THOR  undefined | 02:54, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - Who is that guy? I never seen him on Youtube. wiooiw (talk) 03:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete A compendium of original research. The only reliable source is a listing in the Independent as a most-watched video; no coverage about him individually. JNW (talk) 12:06, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment, not a personal fan, but this guy is huge on youtube, as this article says,, "The kings of vlogging are Philip DeFranco and his rival Ray William Johnson". I suspect there is more coverage that could be added to the article.--Milowent • talkblp-r  14:48, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Why delete this? He is the 3rd most subscribed on YOutube. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Emilios1310 (talk • contribs) 15:16, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - there are enough news sources to create an article. Bearian (talk) 17:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as noted by JNW, the one link that even comes close to being a reliable source doesn't really cover him. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  18:32, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 18:41, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete without Prejudice - Too soon for prime time? Yes. Possibly heading for prime time? Perhaps. Yeah, I know, crystal ball, blah blah blah... Carrite (talk) 20:58, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Of course he's notable! I'm not a personal fan of his and truthfully I think he's rather annoying, but he is notable. His videos are watched by an average of 1,000,000 + people within their first week of being posted and he's the fourth most subscribed person on YouTube with around 1,700,000 people subscribed to him. SashaJohn (talk) 22:17, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Of course he's not notable!  Otherwise there would be an abundance of non-trivial coverage about this WP:BLP subject!  I could care less how many people subscribe to a video he's involved in.   JBsupreme  ( talk ) ✄ ✄ ✄	 01:34, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. He's the fourth most-subscribed channel on YouTube, and each of his videos gain about 2-3 million views in just one week, which is faster than even nigahiga and Fred's videos. His videos are always featured on YouTube, and several other personalities like Michael Buckley have given him notoriety. If there is not enough notable info on him for an article, then I think he should at least be included in List of YouTube personalities, since he's at least ten times notable than so-called celebrities such as Merton. --SpongeSebastian (talk) 01:44, 15 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, as long as the image is deleted or replaced. The article is a stub.Personal opinion doesn't want to give him publicity though, but that's out of the decision. mechamind  9  0  01:32, 16 August 2010 (UTC)


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