Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Van Darkholme (3rd 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. Deletion !votes are policy based, prior consensus is not binding, plus BLP with poor quality sourcing. Star  Mississippi  01:36, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Van Darkholme
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To summarise the sources: half of them are blatant promotion (links to his Twitch, blog, IMDB, etc.), and there are a couple of interviews hosted by dodgy-looking websites. How is that SigCov? Ficaia (talk) 08:19, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Artists, Television,  Fashion, Photography, Entertainment, Internet,California, Sexuality and gender and Vietnam.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 18:59, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been added to the WikiProject Pornography list of deletions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 19:19, 27 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Delete: I've removed the IMDB, Twitter, YouTube, and Know Your Meme sources on the article, as they all are not appropriate for a BLP (see WP:IMDB, WP:RSPTWITTER, WP:RSPYT, and WP:KNOWYOURMEME respectively). The Kotaku source falls under the Gawker umbrella, which, again, is not a RS per WP:RSP. That leaves the Destructoid source, which is actually a blog with no byline; the TDN source, which looks like an offbrand Wiki; his own blog (multiple iterations); IAFD, which is an adult-version IMDB; and porn videos. The only source that's left and that I can see comes close to meeting any sort of sourcing criteria is the Sidetrack piece, which isn't really in-depth coverage - it only mentions the subject in three paragraphs along with another director. And yes, I did a BEFORE on this before !voting. In fact, I went about trying to rescue this article and wanted to initially !vote keep thinking there was stuff out there. Turns out, there isn't. --Kbabej (talk) 02:55, 3 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: It was agreed to be kept in the previous discussion. The sources indicated there are reliable. That said, it's still good enough to pass WP:GNG. ASTIG️🙃  (ICE-T • ICE CUBE) 06:00, 4 March 2022 (UTC)
 * What are these sources? Apart from the adult industry publicity pieces and personal blog (which aren't reliable sources), all I can see is the Kotaku article. Ficaia (talk) 01:42, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 21:56, 6 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: notable dungeon master, a man who fears no cock 23:38, 4 March 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 45.155.150.70 (talk)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete: clearly does not meet the standards of WP:NBASIC. –– FormalDude  talk  15:05, 12 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete The problem is the lack of coverage by independent sources, let alone reliable sources. They just don't exist.  Fails WP:GNG.  Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 20:56, 13 March 2022 (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.