Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yul Brynner's shaved head


 * 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   merge to Yul Brynner.  Sandstein  05:33, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Yul Brynner's shaved head

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An article created by an editor named, amusingly,, 90 minutes after account creation. An apparent exercise in point-making in response to the Bieb's AfD. Yes, Yul Brynner shaved his head for a movie. Yes, the look, for him, was iconic at the time. Does this merit a standalone article on his pate? No. Body parts that are historically important in their own right are noted in Category:Famous body parts, most have gained importance/notability after the fact, i.e. when separated from the person (hopefully) after death. Devoting an encyclopedia article to a what is simply a talked-about part of famous person's body is not what an encyclopedia is for. Tarc (talk) 00:49, 12 April 2011 (UTC)

Why don't you just merge the article?Ubuntu061896 (talk) 05:08, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment - I'm not wise enough to say why Justin Bieber's hair is notable but Yul Brenner's lack of hair is not. No opinion as to encyclopedia-worthiness. Carrite (talk) 02:02, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep but then Merge back to Yul Brynner. Brynner's scalp really was well-known in the oldern days, and the content of this article seems to be valid and sourced, but I can think of no reason why it needs to stand as a separate article.  I see that the creator of the article has now been blocked so I guess xe is not going to have a chance to articulate such a reason, if any.  But let's not delete this content, because the Brynner article actually would benefit from it.--Arxiloxos (talk) 03:46, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep, but Merge back into Yul Brynner. Brynner's shaved head is iconic, but hardly on a par with other famous body parts, and certainly not with the tooth relic of the Buddha, which is an object of worship.--Whiteguru (talk) 08:24, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to Yul Brynner. Don't need a separate article for this.  Nipson anomhmata   (Talk) 23:11, 12 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge Doesn't look like there's any content that's significant enough to merge though, and this really shouldn't stay as a plausible redirect.--Yaksar (let's chat) 05:20, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete no need for an article or redirect. HHaeyyn89 (talk) 19:59, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't really think there's any mergable content here that wouldn't just make his article worse. Plus this shouldn't really exist as a redirect.--Yaksar (let's chat) 05:12, 19 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't agree. Everyone here is in agreement that there's no need for a separate article about the bald head, but that doesn't mean the content is without value. There's currently only a "bare" mention in the bio article about his iconic image, and that's a serious deficiency in the current article, because it fails to explain how the bald head became an essential part of his identity.  The text of this little article, pointy as its creation may have been, explains it quite well, with sources, and ought to be incorporated into the bio article.  --Arxiloxos (talk) 06:42, 19 April 2011 (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.