Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Emerging Career: YouTuber


 * 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. § FreeRangeFrog croak 00:22, 15 April 2015 (UTC)

The Emerging Career: YouTuber

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Speedy deletion nomination was declined by Dweller. Borderline essay. At first glance, it appears that the article has plenty of sources. However, these sources appear to be more about making money on YouTube, as well as information on YouTube itself, as opposed to the "career" of being a "YouTuber". The content in this article could easily be merged to YouTube and/or Internet celebrity, and the article is such a mess (even borderline promotional) that, while AFD isn't cleanup, it's probably going to be easier to start a new article from scratch, should consensus determine that the subject is notable. Pinging for his thoughts on the article. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 13:48, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment I think there could be a neutral, sourced article on the subject of people making a living from the site. The topic seems likely to be verifiably notable. The current page is poorly named and the current content isn't great, but those aren't reasons for deletion. --Dweller (talk) 13:51, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete at this state as WP:NOTESSAY. YouTubers as a concept is easily notable though: there are already lots of articles on individual YouTubers and the List of YouTube personalities, plus multiple books readily waiting in the Google Books line.  野狼院ひさし  u/t/c 14:02, 23 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:31, 24 March 2015 (UTC)

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:16, 31 March 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nakon  05:05, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is pretty much an essay telling people how to make money off of YouTube. While there is some merit in having an article on YouTubers as a topic separate from the parent article of YouTube, this isn't the way to go about doing this. If anyone wants to userfy the content and try to clean it up then I have no problem with that, but this is way too promotional and "how to guide" to really be salvageable. I'd clean it up myself but I already have an article I promised to help clean up so my hands are a little full right now. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  04:56, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Reads like an essay not an article, and the references only support the original research being presented. Blog - Yes, Wikipedia - No Bryce Carmony (talk) 01:18, 14 April 2015 (UTC)
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