Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Westman


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The result was   keep. postdlf (talk) 19:04, 4 March 2014 (UTC)

Tom Westman

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Page was deleted before per WP:BLP1E. Westman is notable only for Survivor and wasn't even very notable on the show either. The article is poorly written anyway, as the only source is an article on his daughter and is way too lengthy. Unless the article can be drastically rewritten to prove more notability, it just can't stand alone. Survivorfan1995 (talk) 01:19, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep: As I've said, winners of reality TV competitions apparently pass notability guidelines and do not have anything to do with BLP1E. Significant media coverage and two appearances on the show, he passes GNG.  Gloss •  talk  01:27, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Weak keep. Don't think winning a reality TV contest guarantees notability (is there a specific policy for that? Don't know of anything beyond WP:ENT, which I don't think he meets any criteria for), but I do think Westman may meet WP:GNG. See, for example, articles about him in Entertainment Weekly and New York Daily News. However, I think merging into one of the Survivor articles may make sense as well, since the articles about Westman are only about one topic (his appearances on Survivor). mikeman67 (talk) 20:05, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Same as above. There's no good reason to keep him, but at the same time there's no good reason to delete him, so we might as well keep him. Dobbyelf62 (talk) 21:12, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Survivor: Palau. Call me when he becomes more notable. —  Wylie  pedia  15:01, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll never understand. An American Idol contestant becomes notable enough for an article just for making the top 13. Yet once they are eliminated in 13th place, you never hear from them again but they're still notable just for placing in the top 13. Westman won a season of one of cable's longest running TV shows, and then played the game again.. and he's not notable enough?  Gloss •  talk  18:08, 3 March 2014 (UTC)
 * In your Keep vote above, you state "Significant media coverage and two appearances on the show, he passes GNG", yet there are no significant sources in his article. Everyone can list all the sources here, but, if not there, not notable. Oh, and WP:OTHERSTUFF never belongs in AfD discussions. —  Wylie pedia  03:52, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
 * OTHERSTUFF is just an excuse to avoid the question, but if you choose not address my comment, that's fine.  Gloss •  talk  04:33, 4 March 2014 (UTC)
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