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The result was redirected to Slide Away and non admin closed. dihydrogen monoxide (H2O) 10:50, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Slide Away (Verve song)[edit]

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Unnecessary, as the reason for the page was a song which is now located at Slide Away Enigmaman (talk) 21:06, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Did you read what I wrote? It does have its own article. I'm proposing an extraneous page with nothing on it for deletion. Enigmaman (talk) 21:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete. Snowolf How can I help? 01:45, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Chickendove[edit]

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No references, never used in any political mainstream off the net. Ripped from urban dictionary Jscheiner (talk) 16:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Snowolf How can I help? 01:43, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sinclair Beecham[edit]

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This fails WP:BIO. Also, considering that (she?) is only known for one thing, it may be not notable. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 23:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was speedily deleted (A7, surprisingly) by Jmlk17. Non-admin closure. Deor (talk) 23:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Blind mans bluff ( movie )[edit]

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Non-notable student film Polly (Parrot) 23:22, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Delete --JForget 00:52, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Philosophies of Milan Kundera[edit]

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Essay, inappropriate for an encycyclopedia, 100% original research WP:OR. History suggests that it may be a recreated article. Camillus (talk) 22:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was Keep -- Longhair\talk 08:10, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Maruthamunai[edit]

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Unreferenced personal essay. KurtRaschke (talk) 22:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was Keep. -- Longhair\talk 18:01, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

W. Mark Lanier[edit]

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A mainly vanity (it seems) article, already deleted previously for copyvio. Many of the sources are the own lawfirm, and the rest are journals. No outside, solid sources beyond. Jmlk17 22:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: DerRichter argues "fails notability" yet article subject is included in articles on "Vioxx" and "List of Texas Tech University People" with invitation to create article on subject. (I am Mark Lanier making this response, so my bias is there!) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmark675 (talkcontribs) 15:54, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep, as the notability for this article has been firmly established from this debate. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 16:15, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reading day[edit]

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A non-notable day, set aside by few schools during final examinations. Is it really notable enough to receive an article? Jmlk17 22:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment. I totally agree. That arguement is used in most afd discussions now, too. --DerRichter (talk) 17:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was delete. Master of Puppets Call me MoP! 05:25, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mani Raziani[edit]

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Purpose of article seems to be entirely to advertise the DeMani brand and thus fails WP:SPAM. There are no meaningful references other than spam links. Article was created by User:DeMani and hence appears on the face of it to breach WP:COI. The article on the company associated with this person MR Gems is also proposed for deletion elsewhere SpinningSpark 21:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Master of Puppets Call me MoP! 05:24, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Warren Redlich[edit]

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Member of a small-town board in New York state, and unsuccessful candidate for Congress--thus failing WP:BIO. Blueboy96 21:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Addendum High WP:COI as well--author is Wredlich (talk · contribs). Blueboy96 21:20, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete - gross COI issues, promotional in tone, blatant advertisement, 4/5 keeps come from confirmed sockpuppets of Nicosec. Rudget. 13:37, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brant Secunda[edit]

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Appears to be self-promotion of non-notable individual. Delete. --Nlu (talk) 21:02, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am also proposing the related article for deletion:

*Delete both. Certainly exists, as far as Google search can establish, but no reliable sources to verify notability of the organisation or individual. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 00:40, 9 February 2008 (UTC) Changed opinion to Keep Brant Secunda, delete Dance of the deer foundation - center for shamanic studies per Jeepday below. Kim Dent-Brown (Talk) 08:30, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 16:19, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Devil's Dictionary X[edit]

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While there are numerous ghits, they stem primarily from people posting definitions from the book. I don't find any evidence of reviews of this online only book. There was a disucssion on Talk:The_Devil's_Dictionary_X when it was originally prodded but the one RS is and was a 404, the rest are blog postings, usenet postings, forum posts and a DMOZ listing. None of which pass WP:RS therefore I don't see this passing WP:BOOK Travellingcari (talk) 20:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was delete. Snowolf How can I help? 01:47, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Benghazi Six[edit]

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The film The Benghazi Six has not entered production, so the article does not warrant existence per the notability guidelines for future films. Even IMDb shows an "in development" page for this project. If production begins on this film, the article can be recreated. What pre-production detail exists can be added to HIV trial in Libya#Movie in the meantime. Erik (talkcontrib) - 20:32, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep. Snowolf How can I help? 01:53, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sankebetsu brown bear incident[edit]

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As one user points out on the talk page, this is perhaps Wikipedia's funniest article but for all the wrong reasons. A series of bear attacks in Japan in 1915 is described in great detail. The reason I'm nominating the article is that I'm not sure about how notable some bear attacks 100 years ago are. As can be seen from List of fatal bear attacks in North America by decade, fatal bear attacks are sadly not anything notable. People are killed by bears every year without any articles about it. In short, where's the notability here? Apart from the lack of notability, the article is so badly written it defies belief. It is written as a strange mix between horror novel and animal psychology. We're told both what the victims and the bear was thinking and the whole piece is as far from an encyclopedia one could get. To make matters even worse, it is written in extremely bad English, filled with language mistakes and virtyally impossible to read. If the event is notable enough to be kept, I strongly recommend that the entire text is deleted and an encyclopedia text is written instead. However, I don't even think this is remotely notable. JdeJ (talk) 20:24, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment In reply to the comment and the keep vote above, it's entirely possible it's big in Japan but the article fails to claim any notability. And to be honest, I'm not sure that all content that is notable on some Wikipedia versions are notable on others. While the Tsavo maneaters are reasonably famous and yield a high number of returns on Google, this event seems to be completely unknown and the only results are linked to Wikipedia. A sentence or two about the attacks could most certainly be included in the relevant paragraph dealing with bear attacks in general, but this article fails to make any case at all for its notability and judging by the Internet, it simply isn't notable. JdeJ (talk) 23:34, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I respectfully disagree on two points. The link between being notable in Japan (where it took place) and being notable in English isn't immediately clear to me. And as the whole article is a long piece of fiction without any verifiable facts, I can't see how even a massive cleanup would help. There are no proof this even is a real event! I think it is, sure, but the whole article reads like the plot of a Stephen King book. Pure fiction and no facts. JdeJ (talk) 23:45, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I completely agree with you that this article is in desperate need of references. Unfortunately, your Google searches have pretty strongly indicated that nearly all available references are in Japanese. But that doesn't make the subject non-notable - just a bit more challenging. And, yes, it also contains totally unencyclopedic language - stuff about the bear's thoughts and the difficulty of blogging about the incident, as well as stuff that looks like it was written in third person omniscient, as there was no one to report it. That stuff needs to be removed from the article ASAP. Still, I don't think deleting the entire thing is the correct remedy. "Article is broken; I'm too busy to fix it" is not a valid reason to delete. --Hyperbole (talk) 23:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • As I've clearly stated, the very bad language and hillarious content is not the reason I've nominated it. It is it's complete lack of notability, at least outside Japan. Searching Google for Sankebetsu + bear and excluding Wikipedia hits yield around 50 results, most of whom doesn't even mention this incident. But let's say 30-40 hits on Google. Compare with 12.000 for Tsavo man eaters. I have to admit, though, that it was tempting to nominate it for not being written in English. I'm not sure what language this is It was thought that the tragedy was the case, what is called the animal which doesn't possess a hole, the bear which failed in the hibernation, became hungry and increased a ferocity. but at least it's a language I don't understand. But once again, the very low quality of the article is a big problem but not the reason for it being nominated for deletion. JdeJ (talk) 23:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(provisional)Keep This is not the "encyclopedia of things that happened in English speaking countries." I am for keeping this if editors fluent in Japanese as well as English (I expect there are quite a few) can verify the sourcing, so we know that it it is notable in Japan as appears to be the case, and that there is reliable sourcing. A bear attack in Japan in the early 20th century which killed 7 people is every bit as encyclopedic as the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 in which a shark killed four people along the Atlantic Coast of the U.S. And that is hardly an "othercrapexists" comparison. If it is notable in Japanese language sources, then it does not deserve deletion just because of choice phrasing such as "After it when Kesagake was dissected, a lot of peace of the victim are found out from his breadbasket, and the village people made sadness new." Edison (talk) 00:16, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree 100%, it's definitely not the Wikipedia of the Anglophone world (of which I'm no part myself). I still don't think that everything that is notable in every country necessarily is notable here. Having said that, I agree that the situation would look very different in good and credible sources were added. JdeJ (talk) 00:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and rewrite: It's obviously received plenty of significant coverage (indeed, exclusive coverage) in multiple secondary reliable sources, which are entirely independent of the subjects (interesting to see how we could have any sources not independent of these bears :-). By definition, therefore, it passes the notability test. Nyttend (talk) 04:25, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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The result was keep, see talk page for analysis. Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 07:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jay Brannan[edit]

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A biography of a marginally notable individual who has expressed, in OTRS ticket 2008020210003368, a strong desire that it be deleted, not least because much of the information is (he says) wrong. It has been deleted before, but the previous versions were abject nonsense. This is not abject nonsense, but the subject says it's largely incorrect, and there are very few reliable sources we could use to fix that, especially since he has stated in no uncertain terms that he's not interested in helping us to do so. Guy (Help!) 20:25, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apparenly you haven't seen Shortbus then. He's not just notable for his music but he does pass WP:MUSIC. - ALLSTAR echo 20:52, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Er, yes, we do if the subject is of marginal notability. Daniel Brandt is the canonical example. Guy (Help!) 21:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Also, the only way I can see keeping this is permanent semi-protection? Is this guy at the same level as George W. Bush in terms of notability? If he is, Wikipedia has no sense of proportion. Blueboy96 01:01, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There are numerous ways of addressing vandalism concerns the best of which is likely good writing supported by RS. And Brandt's 14th AfD suggests that maybe these two cases are a little different. Brannan is a singer and actor, ie. entertainer, performing for the public, Brandt had a unique route of infamy. Benjiboi 06:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Per WP:ATT, we could have said that he had discussed his sexuality in an interview, or discussed the difficulties of growing up gay in Texas. What we actually did was to edit war with the subject over a statement that he is openly gay, a form of words he clearly dislikes. Please do make an effort to be sensitive to the feelings of article subjects. Guy (Help!) 21:30, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Jeff Marx had an issue with "openly gay" in that he found it offensive that it had to be spelled out he is "open" as if it is ever something that should be concealed. --David Shankbone 21:33, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sure, I can see why that particular form of words might be an issue for a lot of reasons. Edit-warring with the subject over it did not make him feel warm and loved. Guy (Help!) 21:39, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • And we're not here to make people feel warm and loved. And it wasn't clear, until much later, that that "edit warring" wasn't simply reverting more vandalism to a page that has a history of it. Benjiboi 10:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I'd personally veer away from the term "openly gay" - it's subjective and means many things to many people. Guy's suggestion above about how it could be handled is instructive IMO. Orderinchaos 13:12, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
There's no issue with alerting the projects who oversee an article, in this case the LGBT project. --David Shankbone 21:33, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Allstarecho canvassed rather more widely than that. Guy (Help!) 21:38, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't "canvas".. I informed people who have participated on the article's talk page, that the article was up for deletion, something you should have done. Were you trying to sneak it by people hoping it would be deleted with no fanfare? - ALLSTAR echo 21:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
All I did was answer an email from a hurt and upset article subject, whose opinion of Wikipedians is that they all act like, well, like you did just then, in fact. We've managed to give him the impression that we do things just because he doesn't want them done. And looking at some of the reaction here, he may well be at least partly right. Guy (Help!) 22:53, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - Please don't make personally-attacking comments about living people in AfD debates. FCYTravis (talk) 21:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please expand on what you mean when you say that BLP (not a deletion rationale) is the reason for deleting an article that passes the community-accepted notability guidelines? --Cheeser1 (talk) 23:20, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Where in WP:BLP does it say that it isn't a deletion reason? WP:BIO says we can have an article, not that we must. In a case of marginal notability where the article is causing the subject serious problems (I've seen the emails to OTRS), we should definitely listen to WP:BLP (we should always listen to BLP). I see no reason why Wikipedia will be harmed by removing this article. "An important rule of thumb when writing biographical material about living persons is 'do no harm'." Mr.Z-man 23:34, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Where in BLP does it say that articles are supposed to be deleted if they have BLP violations? "Delete due to BLP violations" is an affirmative claim, the burden is on you to explain how BLP is a valid deletion rationale. BLP is a great rationale for fixing the heck out of an article. Not nuking it, esp. if it meets BIO (even, according to you, marginally). --Cheeser1 (talk) 00:52, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Per WP:BLP#Remove unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material, if an article's history is so riddled with BLP violations that it can't be rehabbed, it should be deleted.Blueboy96 00:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Did you even read my keep rationale? The article's history isn't really relevant. --Cheeser1 (talk) 01:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I initially thought that oversighting the offending versions would be a way to keep it--but that would basically mean deleting it and starting from scratch. Blueboy96 02:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Does that mean your vote is "delete and immediately recreate BLP-compliant version"? The problems in the article's history with vandalism or BLP violations really don't amount to substantial delete rationales when the subject is notable and we can tidy up the history in some other way. --Cheeser1 (talk) 15:42, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
They do when the subject of the article objects to its existence as written and there's not a whole lot to work with in this article's present incarnation. So yes, delete it ... but without prejudice if enough sources can be found to merit the effort it would take to rein in the BLP violations. Blueboy96 19:09, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I have yet to see any concrete suggestions about what in the article violates BLP, or in fact what in the article might even be considered problematic. These supposed OTRS emails, the subjects vague comments in his blog, and various editors waving hands don't add up to concrete issues. The article as it stands could use more sources, but that's in no way a reason for deletion. The man passes WP:BIO and unless honest real BLP violations are stated openly, we're simply bowing to this man's wishes, not creating an encyclopedia. Would someone please actually specify what supposed BLP violations exist? -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 03:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I, and anyone else with access to the info-en quality queue, can confirm that the emails most definitely exist. Mr.Z-man 03:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I don't doubt Brannan has sent emails. What I am requesting is specific indications of the supposed BLP violations and/or what is "wrong" with the article. -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 04:21, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
At this point it should be noted that the article subject did first try to engage with the community User:Jaybrannan and was blocked. He was then directed to OTRS User_talk:Jaybrannan#Open Ticket Request System, to trust them to advocate for him and address concerns within policy. That is what has happened to say that you doubt the email exists, ticket number 2008020210003368 as quoted in the nomination does exist. Gnangarra 04:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
As I've stated several times, I don't doubt that Brannan sent emails. He's been pretty vocal about not liking the article. What I'm curious about is what exactly is either a BLP violation and/or "wrong" with the article. And also for the record, "engaging the community" consisted of blanking the article and pleading to have his article deleted - using the same language - a total of ten times in one day. That's not exactly "engaging". -- SatyrTN (talk / contribs) 05:18, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Unfortunately the article is under full protection but two sources that could be added is the Vancouver Sun article mentioning the internet phenomenon of his music and the interest by Ashwin Sood and Nettwerk in producing him. There is also the write up by Xtra West, Vancouvers Gay Newspaper publication, about his Shortbus role and some background. AgneCheese/Wine 23:36, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Couple more reliable sources There is the New York Times write up by Fred Bernstein that is devoted to Brannan. Another New York Times piece about Shortbus that includes interview with Brannan and discuss some of his background and how it affected his role. There is also an offline mention in Out Magazine & Rolling Stones that can be hunted down. The closest online source for their existence is Brannan's own press page. It looks like there is quite a bit of sourcing available to establish notability. AgneCheese/Wine 00:20, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note that someone has already pointed to Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Entertainers. That, with the existence of some sources, makes a reasonable argument for notability. --Cheeser1 (talk) 23:40, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • An article that is a vandal-magnet or that requires semi-protection is not necessarily subject to deletion (see Pokemon), and such does not (or rather, should not) influence how we evaluate the article's notability. --Cheeser1 (talk) 01:13, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Change to Keep, but delete edit history and rewrite from scratch per arguments from Orderinchaos and Snowspinner. Blueboy96 16:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
PS Here is a 2006 NYT Real Estate article that may e.g. help inform editors debating the notability issue here, if only because it details the subject's housing arrangements and income. Oh, and I have no objection to the article saying he's gay; it's just that picking one or two scenes from a movie and turning it into a large part of the actor's biography looks like a clear case of undue weight to me. Avb 15:27, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
that's an argument for editing, not deletion.DGG (talk) 18:58, 9 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yep, and presented as such. You can find my arguments for deletion after Delete and before "In case the article survives AfD". Avb 02:35, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Welly bump fandango (talkcontribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. Cheeser1 (talk) 11:44, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  1. New York Times, October 8, 2006. Article specifically about him, his apartment, music and Shortbus. Highly relevant. [9]
  2. New York Times, September 24, 2006. Article on Shortbus including a significant, non-trivial amount of coverage on Brannan specifically. [10]
  3. Advocate, October 24, 2006. Cover story in the American national gay newspaper. here and full article on Brannan's press page [11]
  4. Attitude, December 2006. Cover story in British award winning gay lifestyle monthly magazine. Full article on Brannan's press page [12]
  5. Next Magazine, September 15, 2006. Cover story in New York City gay lifestyle weekly magazine. Full article on Brannan's press page. [13]
  6. Next Magazine, January 6, 2006. New York City gay lifestyle weekly magazine. Full article on Brannan's press page. [14]
  7. Cincinnati Enquirer weekly CINWEEKLY, October 25, 2006. Full article on Brannan's press page. [15]
  8. Variety, May 21, 2006. Article is mostly on Shortbus, but does mention Brannan. [16]
  9. Dazed & Confused, December 2006. British style magazine with article on Brannan's role in Shortbus. Full article on Brannan's press page. [17]
  10. Zoo Magazine, 2007 # 14. Interview about his music and Shortbus. Full article on Brannan's press page. [18]
  11. The Vancouver Sun, January 26, 2008. Newspaper article mostly on a music producer that wants to manage Brannan. [19]
  12. Xtra West, January 18, 2008. Vancouvers (Canada) Gay Newspaper. Article on Brannan. [20]
  13. Gay Times, July 2007. The leading gay magazine in UK. Music issue with article mostly on Brannan's music, but also memtions Shortbus. Article on Brannan's press page. [21]
  14. Connecticut Post, October 22, 2006. Newspaper article mostly on Brannan in Shortbus, but also some on his music. Full article on Brannan's press page. [22]
  15. Logo, July 30, 2007. Gay TV channel. [23]
  16. Logo, January 25, 2008. Gay TV channel. [24]

We know that there is more on Brannan, such as what ever is in Out Magazine and Rolling Stone and others. If anyone can find them, or anything else significant, feel free to add to my list. This should unequivocally put any claims about marginal notability to rest. He clearly more than passes WP:BIO and WP:MUSIC. Fair is fair, so I ask the closing admin, and especially those with notability concerns to examine or re-examine their recommendations in light of this list, since we can't edit the article. — Becksguy (talk) 21:49, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You are right, it does need an overhaul, but it's fully protected at this point. Otherwise I would have included the refs in the article, rather than listing them here in detail. And that would have most likely led to rewriting and improvement, per WP:HEY. Needing improvement is not a reason to delete, it's a reason to edit per WP:DEL. And that includes WP:BLP concerns, unless it's impossible to fix, which is obviously not the case here. There is more than adequate sourcing available for the article as it is, including the "actual biographical details". A general question: Where, exactly, are the BLP issues? — Becksguy (talk) 04:32, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
For this we have ((editprotected)). Please do propose changes, it can only help. Guy (Help!) 09:20, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment (1) Did you look at the other entries in my list? Zoo magazine had a interview with him. The Connecticut Post piece was on Brannan. Both on just him. The Gay Times piece was exclusively on Brannan, as was Dazed & Confused, the first Next article, and Xtra West. In the Advocate cover story on Shortbus, Brannan was very prominent. Same for attitude. (2) The first NYT article could also be about this interesting guy that got their attention due to being in Shortbus, with a tie into a really small apartment and how he copes with that and his creative life. It's speculation to say that it could have been the guy next door, since it wasn't, and we don't know the editors intent. The article's lede is exclusively about Brannan, it doesn't even mention the apartment until the third graph. (3) And I have found, so far, about 20 songs by Brannan. (4) And, yes, Brannan is listed as 7th in the movie credits. However, that's still a staring role (and listed as such) among a fairly large group of 43 collaborative actors (excluding the two bands and the extras) in a project. Also, Brannan, together with seven other actors, were nominated for Best Ensemble Cast in The Gothan Awards (for Shortbus in 2006), per IMDB. (5) Yes, I agree that the article needs more work for balance and completeness. Others do also. (6) And when do we let the subjects of articles control what is said about them, assuming no BLP violations. The New York Times doesn't allow that. (7) Would you please take another look at what is laid out here? I think it's more than sufficient to keep. Thanks. — Becksguy (talk) 10:05, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Indeed - Shortbus is, by any measure, a weird film - an ensemble cast of deliberately unknown actors. I do wish people who didn't really know much about it would consider whether this is an error that should be corrected before they comment on the AfD. Phil Sandifer (talk) 13:38, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • I had a quick look. Yes, there's gossipy press coverage of him. So, he's put out 20 songs, not two or three. But you're sounding a bit desperate when you say that somebody who's seventh in the list of credits has a starring role: even in the risible Oscars, a number three (forget seven) only qualifies as "supporting" actor, I believe. And he's one of an ensemble cast that was nominated for best ensemble cast; well, good for him, but to me this too looks some way short of stardom. -- Hoary (talk) 00:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Apples and oranges. Hoary, you are attempting to apply a Hollywood frame of reference to a move that's about as un-Hollywood as one can get, and yet still be a movie. This was a collaborative project, not a Hollywood product where a few box office stars were hired, together with a director and supporting actors and extras, and a budget. All 43 actors participated and collaborated with the director in creating this movie. To be seventh in a class of 43 is an achievement as there is no single star here. Your comments and Phil Sandifer's comment lead me to believe that you have a fatal misunderstanding about this movie and about Brannans role in it. And about his notability. Have you seen the movie? Heard any of his music? Brannan did a wonderful and extremely difficult job in Shortbus, and no one here wants to hurt him. — Becksguy (talk) 09:56, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, we should consider their feelings, but that doesn't mean that the articles should be deleted, as these BLP issues should be addressed by editing and discussion on the talk page. Frankly, given the compiled list, I fail to understand how you don't see notability. Two NYT articles, and a Advocate cover article, plus all the rest? It's not rational to ignore that notability. Notability has nothing to do with feelings, and I suspect these feelings are wrongly influencing decisions in some cases. And that makes for bad encyclopedia writing and editing, regardless of the direction of the tide. We insist on reliable sources, NPOV, and balance to get as far away as possible from subjective interpretations and emotional responses to subjects. Don't you agree? — Becksguy (talk) 09:00, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's been asked before, and maybe I missed it, but where does it say that the subject of article has the right to say "delete me from your encyclopedia"? And isn't that precedent highly problematic if, say, Karl Rove told you to delete his article? Or do we only honor requests of subects that aren't too notable (splitting even more WP:N hairs)? --Cheeser1 (talk) 23:04, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Brannan is not a far-right Svengali who worked tirelessly and successfully to pervert the political and legal process and destroy a nation. He's just a guy who's recorded some songs and acted in a movie, I believe. (Actually I'd never heard of him, his music, or the movie till this AfD brouhaha.) Love him [now there's a bizarre idea!] or loathe him, Rove is indubitably notable; Brannan is not. -- Hoary (talk) 00:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • That has nothing to do with it. This person's delete !vote was based solely on the rationale that despite being notable enough to merit an article, we must honor his request to delete the article about him. You seem to have confirmed my suspicions that some people are under the impression that some things are more notable than others (despite the fact that WP:N defines two possibilities: notable and not notable - there's only one notability threshold, and all articles have to meet it). So if Rove suggested we delete his article, obviously we can't because he's a Svengali! But since you don't think this guy is notable enough for us to keep the article (despite the fact that he's notable enough to have an article), we delete it at his request. This comes from what? And don't say BLP, because BLP does not demand we delete articles at the subject's request unless they are defamatory and cannot be fixed (not the case). -Cheeser1 (talk) 10:01, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • That's along the lines of my main question, also. As a musician and actor, isn't the entire purpose of his career to become notable? Working steadily in either field almost assures you of becoming so. I still feel this is a question of the subject rejecting the content of the article, and not the article itself. Snowfire51 (talk) 23:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • If we're talking about feelings (a most unfortunate development, I think), I increasingly feel that en:WP editors are somehow feeling jilted. ("Brannan should feel honored by an article! Why does he reject us?") Of course, I have no evidence whatever for this. -- Hoary (talk) 00:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Then why say it. And what does "feelings" have to do with notability. Notability is determined by reliable sources—which the article has in abundance—not our feelings either for or against a subject. Yes, I feel bad that Jay Brannan is upset and I can understand why he is. But I think that the article should stand on it's own merits, not because the subject is upset about it and some editors feel that as a result the article should be deleted. Sorry, but that makes absolutely no sense, and is not supported in policy. Feel bad for the subject, but make these kinds of decisions rationally, unemotionally, and consistently. The place to discuss BLP issues, if they exist, (unless blatant enough to delete on sight, obviously not the case here) is within the normal editing process on the talk page. Not in an AfD. — Becksguy (talk) 17:42, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Notability has not clearly been established, it remains ambigious and in that case, we do consider his wishes, per BLP Nil Einne (talk) 11:43, 13 February 2008 (UTC)</s?[reply]
  • Strong delete - brief mention in one NYT article does not notability make. Similarly appareance in one medium notability movie with a largish ensemble cast does not notability make. At best, he his notability is ambigious which means we respect the person's wishes. Presuming he continues with his music and acting, things may change and there should be no presumption against a future article but he clearly isn't noteable at the moment Nil Einne (talk) 11:40, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment - It appears there are quite a few sources which people have established that are not currently used in the article nor posted in the talk page. It would be nice if people could either improve the article or at least post them in the talk page so other editors can be aware they exist without having to work through the lengthy discussion to find them Nil Einne (talk) 11:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment You are totally right, which is why I complied the list above. Also posted the same list on the article talk page as you suggested. I have been working on the article off line as it was fully protected during most of the AfD and using ((editprotected)) seemed unworkable for an article overhaul on a piecemeal basis. — Becksguy (talk) 17:02, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, remove any and all unverifiable content. I won't say "likely", but it is possible that nothing can be verified outside of Brannan's role in the production of the "future cult film" Shortbus (both as an actor and as a musician featured in the soundtrack). If this is true, merging might be a reasonable compromise. — CharlotteWebb 18:52, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Quote from the first NYT article by Bernstein that shows it isn't all about the movie (I removed whitespace and added slashes to save space): Mr. Brannan is sometimes compared to Rufus Wainwright, another openly gay young singer-songwriter. Mr. Brannan sees himself as “more like Tracy Chapman and Joni Mitchell — I go for the sound of the angry, sad woman.” In “Half-Boyfriend,” he sings: I can’t believe you’re leaving/just when I let you in/and when you had me believing/I could feel again. Luckily for Mr. Brannan, his tenor voice makes even the saddest lyrics easy on the ear. In addition, there is also an article in Gay Times primarily on his music, and almost all the references cite his music, making it notable apart from the acting gig. — Becksguy (talk) 19:17, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per, most prominently, JoshuaZ (notability is, I think it is probably fair to say, now well established [I'd suggest that the nominated version relatively persuasively demonstrated the clear notability of the subject, but any dispute about notability has, I think, been well addressed by the admirable WP:HEY work that several editors have done], and Joshua's application of the "subject requests deletion" provision of BLP is, as almost always it is, quite right). Joe 06:27, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]


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