Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Donnellan (reality television contestant)

Michael Donnellan (reality television contestant)

nn contestant on reality show, no other claim to fame

Delete. Simply being on reality shows does not give one notability. --Apostrophe 00:57, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Merge all appropriate information with Big Brother 6, then delete this article. B.Wind 03:06, 18 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
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Mindmatrix 21:19, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, entertainment figure of interest to large numbers of people. Kappa 21:22, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete it's all been said before: Wikipedia is not about current events, we have no need to scoop anybody. It will not be possible to tell until after the series is finished which, if any, of the contestants (none of whom appear to have been notable before the show) will continue to be notable after the show. This is no different to aspiring politicians, who garner passionate interest right up until the moment they lose the election, after which nobody gives a rat's ass about them. What is the problem with waiting for time's perspective? Take the "reality" shows to Wikicities, where you can discuss them until you are blue in the face, and bring them back a year after they have finished if anybody can actually remember the show by then. Just zis Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 21:27, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- This person will always be of interest to wikipedia users who want to know what happened during and after Big Brother 6. Kappa 21:42, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep just as important as every other reality show contestant. -- JJay 21:52, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Delete; do we really keep every reality show contestant now? Sdedeo (tips) 22:17, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there seems to be a precedent set already so why pick this guy out? 80.177.152.156 22:45, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Cruft does not justify more cruft. Thoise who want to know about the history of BB6 (God help them) can get it from the broadcasters, or from the article on BB6. We do not need articles for people whose verifiable information begins and ends with paticipation in a "reality" show. The number of BB participants who are still in the press a year after is tiny; those who are not become unverifiable. What's the rush? We have absolutely no need to cover breaking stories, current events, blow-by-blow coverage or whatever. This is not a newspaper, it's not Hello magazine, it's not a fansite, it's not a free webhost, it's an encyclopaedia. Or at least most of it is, the bit that's not full of vacuous nonentities pretending to be stars because they managed to get on TV for five minutes once. - Just zis Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 23:37, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]