Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Brittain


 * 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 was delete. If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 07:03, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

Richard Brittain

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fails WP:BIO —Swpb talk contribs 23:40, 25 December 2006 (UTC) Bundle everyone else from List of Countdown champions in with this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.26.244.185 (talk • contribs) : Additional comment: WP:AFD says "Examples of when articles may be bundled into a single nomination: An article about any topic and other articles with the same content but with different titles." I do not feel that Mark Nyman, which is implied as part of this makeshift bundle, and Richard Brittain have the same content. Therefore, there should not have been a bundle added on to this nomination (I would remove it myself, but I don't want to be seen as vandalizing a deletion discussion by "removing" a nomination). Andy Saund e rs 15:16, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Brittain; see comment below. Relist other members of bundle as required.While Brittain is not notable as a game show champion (as he does not seem to have set a major record on the show), there are other people in the bundle suggested for deletion that are notable in other areas, such as Mark Nyman, one of the world's top Scrabble players. As Nyman would be delete as part of this bundle, I think that bundling every Countdown champion for deletion would be far too over-reaching. Andy Saund e rs 15:02, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * 2nd additional comment, lest I be accused of propogating geographic bias: To me, Countdown to the United Kingdom is similar to Jeopardy! in North America. Not every Jeopardy! five-time champion, or Tournament of Champions winner, has an article in Wikipedia; in fact, many five-time champions have had their articles deleted. The precedent from the Jeopardy! AfD discussions have been that one must have transcended the show and received significant press coverage from their appearances on the show, such as Ken Jennings or Eddie Timanus, or set a significant record on the show (i.e. Brad Rutter, Jerome Vered, or David Madden). To me, it seems that Brittain is akin to a typical five-time Jeopardy! champion, or a regular Tournament of Champions winner (I should point out that the last three Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winners, Mark Dawson, Russ Schumacher or Michael Falk, have not have articles created.) Andy Saund e rs 15:30, 26 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete No vote until this nomination is unbundled per OntarioQuizzer. I'd encourage an early closure of this AfD without prejudice to it starting again, unbundled. (My opinion FWIW: Countdown winners are not notable.) AndyJones 18:22, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * As the original nominator, I have "unbundled" the nomination (i.e., I struck the original comment regarding bundling). Only Richard Brittain was ever actually nominated for this AfD, so only Richard Brittain is under discussion.  The other pages may be considered later in seperate AfDs as necessary. —Swpb talk contribs 20:21, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. CRGreathouse (t | c) 09:49, 28 December 2006 (UTC)


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