Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russell Hantz (3rd nomination)


 * 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   redirect to List of Survivor (U.S. TV series) contestants. Courcelles 04:58, 17 December 2010 (UTC)

Russell Hantz
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Twice before has this article been nominated for deletion; both times the discussion has resulted in a redirect (albeit to different pages). At some point after the second debate the article was recreated, possibly the redirect simply being reverted, and I came to the article when following up on vandalism and undid a redirect by a suspected vandal, not knowing the article had earlier been redirected due to AFD (something I subsequently learned).

I've kept the article on my watchlist and it's gone between redirect and full article a number of times since and we should have another discussion about this article which has tons on citation needed tags and is quite clearly a problem article, even more so as this is a WP:BLP. I'm not aware on any specific notability guidelines for Survivor contestants, but this article cannot be allowed to stay as it is as an almost-totally-unsourced BLP with major issues.

Therefore, propose delete as a problem BLP, or alternatively merge, but to List of Survivor contestants rather than to the pages of either of the seasons of the show he's been in. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 11:17, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Add-on: Per GDallimore below, I agree that the article should also be salted unless/until something happens to grant the person more notability than simply being a contestant. Strange Passerby (talk • contribs) 11:47, 10 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Merge and Redirect to List of Survivor contestants per closing rationale in first nomination and per Strange Passerby. Then salt to prevent recreation of article about this person known for only one reason: being a survivor contestant. GDallimore (Talk) 11:43, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge as above and protect redirect, was a memorable contestant but didn't win. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  15:33, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 23:45, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. He has become notable as being well-known amongst fans of Survivor and U.S. reality television in general. -- Evans1982 (talk) 19:11, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
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