Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Trey Smith (2nd 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   Delete and restore redirect.  — fetch ·  comms   01:14, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Trey Smith
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I procedurally removed the prod due to a past AfD and brought it here. The previous AfD resulted in the article being redirected to Will Smith; this article is about a different person named Trey Smith. Article was prodded with the rationale "not notable - many links due to being same name as previous deletion/redirect. All substantive edits made by same 2 IP addresses which have no other edits; Google search shows no other references to this person. All links that link to this page are for another 'Trey Smith' (most being the son of the actor, one being a politician). Should revert back to redirect."

For my part, I am neutral. &mdash; KuyaBriBri Talk 20:17, 23 August 2010 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:23, 24 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Revert back to the redirect -- Whpq (talk) 16:59, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Comment. This article/redirect was "hijacked" with this edit on 24 November 2009. This article either needs to be about "Trey Smith the actor" or a redirect to Will Smith. I'm boldly reverting this article back to the version before the first AFD was closed. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:20, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:27, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete and then restore redirect: as far as I can tell, the "author"s books are both self-published. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  00:48, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Restore redirect but I'm not sure on whether or not the article history should go. The article started its life being about the actor and might be useful if he ever warrants a standalone article. --Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:05, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Close AfD and allow renomination. Unfortunately, this AfD was reverted back to being about Will Smith's son Trey, who was previously deemed not notable enough for an article of his own. Writing a new article about a different person with the same name, the author Trey Smith, was not "hijacking" the article. It was appropriate if the other Trey Smith is notable. (The redirect to Will Smith should have been replaced by a hatnote, though.) Unfortunately, due to the changes to the article during this AfD, I don't think we can be sure that everyone is talking about the same content here. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 04:09, 30 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't know where we are procedurally, but I am chiming in with a delete for Trey Smith the author. I guess that's the same thing as saying, clean out the info about the author, and let this title go back to being a redirect to Will Smith - and if an article called Trey Smith (author) gets written, I !vote to delete it. Author Trey Smith and his books appear to be completely non-notable; I can't tell who the publisher is, and they don't even seem to be available on Amazon, so I suspect they are self-published and self-marketed. Nothing turns up about him or his books at Google or Google News. --MelanieN (talk) 00:16, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete article about the author. This is an unsourced BLP with no indication of notability. Once deleted, I have no objection if someone wants to restore the redirect to Will Smith, as per the previous AFD (which I initiated). --RL0919 (talk) 23:31, 6 September 2010 (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.