Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thomas Ridgewell


 * 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. v/r - TP 16:15, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Thomas Ridgewell

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This YouTube personality does not meet the notability criteria - there is no evidence of extensive coverage in reliable, independent sources (though there are all of the social networking hits one would expect for someone trying to promote himself/become famous on the internet.) Article was created by a single-purpose editor. Dawn Bard (talk) 12:29, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:54, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Keep - I believe that this article's subject matter is notable. There are enough independent sources to deem it so (Although very little, still enough. I think.). And while work does need to be done on this article, I think that the popularity of this person’s videos and appearances on other YouTube personality's videos proves it's notability enough. Zach Winkler (talk) 23:00, 11 May 2012 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 15 May 2012 (UTC)

 Strong Delete - The "  template was added in March 2012 and the    template a few weeks later.  Since then, someone has replaced all the "   markers with links to the subject's own YouTube videos. There is still only ONE independent secondary source cited for the entire article; notability (as defined by Wikipedia) has not therefore been established.—GrahamSmith (talk) 02:18, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Lacks coverage in independent reliable sources. One BBC piece is short of multiple sources and even that one piece is not really about him, he is just an example and the coverage about him is not that much. Notability is not inherited from other personalities. duffbeerforme (talk) 07:23, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Per GrahamSmith. --Chip123456 (talk) 20:16, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Just a quick google search of tomska bbc or thomas ridgewell, etc. and you find more refs. Keep Tomska has been featured on bbc and others. Soulboost (talk) 06:36, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note - I have tried to correct the citation replacement issue, almost all of the youtube references are gone. Zach Winkler (talk) 22:55, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - Being a well known YT personality is the center of the article and this doesn't even give its importance. Though other things make it important, it is not notable for sure. → TheSpecialUser TalkContributions* 09:46, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.