Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Walsh (Jeopardy! contestant)


 * 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. j⚛e deckertalk 18:27, 5 July 2014 (UTC)

Tom Walsh (Jeopardy! contestant)

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Article deleted as part of Articles for deletion/Roger Craig (Jeopardy! contestant) 3 October 2010, then later userfied by User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ). Article was un-deleted following Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )/Tom Walsh (Jeopardy! contestant) 8 June 2014. Article still fails to meet WP:BLP1E, and first page of Google search of "tom walsh jeopardy" does not return WP:SIGCOV of subject. Within the Google results:
 * CBS News video is profiling Ken Jennings, and has some comments by Walsh peppered within, but the topic of the story is Jennings.
 * WorldMag article subject is Jennings, and happens to be written by Walsh, but Walsh being the author of this article does not provide criteria for him to meet WP:AUTHOR.
 * Fox News article subject is Jennings, and mentions Walsh in passing as a previous record holder.
 * Washington Post article profiles Walsh as the man whose record was surpassed by Jennings and contains elements from an interview with Walsh, but as WP:BLP1E states, "Being in the news does not in itself mean that someone should be the subject of a Wikipedia article", and Walsh is a person covered "only in the context of a single event", is someone who "remains, and is likely to remain, a low-profile individual" and his being a Jeopardy! champion was an "event [that was] not significant". AldezD (talk) 19:42, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  20:02, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  20:03, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:29, 28 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete - Unencyclopedic game show cruft. At best this is a case of BLP-1E. Ken Jennings is about the only "former Jeopardy! contestant" of sufficient stature to sustain an encyclopedic BLP. Carrite (talk) 17:01, 3 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete, WP:BLP1E. Lankiveil (speak to me) 13:21, 5 July 2014 (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.