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 delete, other such articles exist is not a very good reason for keeping anything. You might want to nominate the others for deletion too. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 10:03, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Osten Taylor[edit]

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Unspectacular Equity trader and eliminated contestant on Survivor: Pearl Islands. Previously survivor (sic) of what was essentially a train wreck. If recap of the goings-on of the show itself (summarised in the Survivor article) is removed from ther article, there is precious little about the individual of note. Scores 348 unique Ghits, all of which I would consider trivial: the overwhelming majority are from sites which advertise or discuss Survivor. The CBS site is probably the most reliable articles around about this individual, but is show marketing and thus not independent. Most of the others are blogs, chat or forum, and fail WP:RS. The only other hit which may be slightly relevant to AfD is a few lines given to him by the University of New Hampshire, of which he is an alumnus. Ohconfucius 03:12, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• I vote him off the island for Ohconfucious' reasons. Also, reality-show characters and other TV characters don't deserve their own articles unless the show is a blockbuster hit. Vast numbers of people know who Ralph Cramden and Edith Bunker are, for instance, and years from now that will probably still be the case. Flush the others down the tubes. Noroton 15:07, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Ugh! and Ralph doesn't even get his own home page!Noroton 15:09, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete another fine product of the television industry. Wile E. Heresiarch 17:33, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as fancruft. Subject is not of notability in his own right, and should only be mentioned on a cast list of a specific notable television series. NetOracle 21:43, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, poor sourcesSlideAndSlip 20:43, 13 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, although I personally would delete these types of articles. However, the discussion of these has already been had and without a change of policy it seems that the consensus is keep. See Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Ashlea_Evans and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ashlea Evans (2nd nomination). Not even the most rabid Reality TV fan would remember Ashlea (the utterly unremarkable first bootee of US Big Brother 6) and she has a page, so it seems for now they must stay. SirSam972 13:55, 14 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: Please note that each article exists or is deleted on its own merits, simply because other crap exists, doesn't mean that this crap should stay. Anyhoo, Osten Taylor is not Ashlea Evans. Ohconfucius 08:24, 15 February 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.