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The result was keep. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 00:07, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

John Carpenter (game show contestant)[edit]

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BLP1E. Only notability is being the first $1,000,000 winner on WWTBaM, and after that, his 15 minutes of fame were up (save for a few trivial, unsourced cameos). I have not been able to find any sources unrelated to his WWTBaM win besides the one news source in the article. Either delete or merge to American game show winnings records. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 18:11, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as per WP:ONEVENT AlanI ^{(talk • contribs)} 18:30, 6 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I don't think BLP1E was meant for articles like this. The first winner on Who Wants to be a Millionaire is pretty important, I think. Besides the ample media coverage after his win, he's been covered in several "Where are they now?" type stories, like this, this, and this. Zagalejo^^^ 01:52, 7 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• A: keep, final answer. This is a very notable person, as he is the first person worldwide to win on Who Wants to be a Millionaire.--mysterious singing springs needs to be shut down (talk) 02:42, 8 September 2009 (UTC)Chris[reply]
• Keep He is even being used as a lifeline on the daytime show. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 16:48, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep first person to win the full million, has appeared on other game shows, has been a guest star on the TV shows Saturday Night Live and Oz, has co-authored a published trivia book. Adding it all up I'd say he's notable enough. Jiiimbooh (talk) 23:38, 8 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep A notable one event!  Francium12  11:40, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep If you delete this guy, then you might as well delete all other people who perticipate in who wants to be millionare... 91.73.143.234 (talk) 12:06, 11 September 2009 (UTC)people like me who reached his page want to know what is the background of this inteligent man and what does he do now —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.73.143.234 (talk) 12:02, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.