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 keep. I have always hated Big Brother with an abiding passion so that makes me the ideal closer! The article has been cleaned up since its nomination. The lack of sourcing is a matter for tagging not for deletion - we delete when an article cannot be sourced and plainly this one can. I see no persuasive deletion argument. TerriersFan 03:45, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Big Brother (UK) contestants

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Another unsourced list. Very poor grammar and prose, frequent spelling errors. Use of fan-slang (eg. BB8). Each series article has its own section on housemates and there is a category for housemates that have their own articles. Just what purpose does this article serve? Dalejenkins | The Apprentice (UK)'s FA plea-please have your say! 16:52, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete terrible mess Will ^(talk) 16:52, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think spelling errors etc are a reason to delete this list, although the existance of lists of housemates on the pages for each series makes this list a bit redundant, which could make deletion necessary. Tra (Talk) 16:57, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The idea was for it to act as an index of housemates. If you remembered one character from the past but did not know what series they were from you could check the list and find out more on the individual series page. Maybe not such a good idea as I thought and it was a work in progress. If people don't think it's worth it then I won't object to deletion.Tony Corsini 17:07, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Very weak keep. It's a lot better than individual articles about each one. (Yes, some of them merit their own articles.) Barely passes notability. Realkyhick 17:22, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - not needed in light of the thorough sections in the individual season articles. Otto4711 17:50, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - useful navigational tool to find the correct series for a contestant without their own article. JulesH 18:56, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Week keep Only due to the fact someone might be looking for a contestant and can't find which big brother they were on, this would be useful. Each series has it's own section similar to this, though. Poorly written also. JacќяМ ¿Qué? 19:46, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If the contestant is notable s/he should have an article. If not or it hasn't been written yet then their name should be a redirect to the appropriate seasonal article. Either way a list is not the answer. Otto4711 03:55, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Per Otto4711, all contestant names should be redirected to the series articles, if anyone still has trouble finding a contestant all they'll have to do is look on Big Brother (UK) (the most logical place to look) and they're all listed there anyway. Dalejenkins | The Apprentice (UK)'s FA plea-please have your say! 13:03, 31 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - i have now put a table in that allows you to sort the information making it a much more useful page. in23065 17:51, 1 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Only reason for deletion given is WP:RUBBISH, I think the content of the article is reasonable -81.178.104.145 00:49, 6 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Very Weak Keep - Not that much duplicate info, and could be useful per Tony Corsini, Jackrm. John Hayes^talk 11:36, 7 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nom and Will Harlowraman 18:11, 7 August 2007 (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.