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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 speedy close. It is obvious that no consensus will result from this mass nomination, please relist seperately any subjects which need to be reconsidered for deletion. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 04:24, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete all - I question whether winning a million dollars on a game show confers notability, even if that win translates into one or two appearances on other game shows later. Otto4711 19:38, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. --MacRusgail 19:46, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Re-list individual articles separately if you feel there's no notability. Nardman1 20:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Kim_Hunt--Nonpareility 20:15, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - their fifteen minutes will soon be up. And the money gone! --ImpartialCelt 20:19, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and renom each individually; this was already debated at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kim Hunt (where it was also mentioned that a mass nomination wasn't appropriate). Cmprince 20:28, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I was unaware of the previous AFD but in reviewing it, it appears that most of the keeps were based on the form of the nomination, not the substance. However, I disagree that a mass nomination of people notable for the same thing (winning a million dollars on the same game show) is automatically invalid. And "keep"s based on the existence of the previous AFD need to take into account that consensus can change. Otto4711 20:55, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep John Carpenter, delete the others. Carpenter has notability for his accomplishment. I don't believe he should be lumped in with the others. 23skidoo 22:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete All Except John Carpenter. It's a game show. It has winners. There are other game shows. They have winners. I don't think we need a directory of every successful game show contestant. Carpenter barely passes the threshold as he was the first to win, which was notable. The rest are already listed in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show) article, which is more than sufficient. Agent 86 22:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep John Carpenter, Weak delete the others - Carpenter has enough notability. Chupper 22:46, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep John Carpenter as sufficiently notable per others, keep Kevin Olmstead as obtaining a record at the time of broadcast ($2,180,000 won on Millionaire), weak delete the others as insufficently notable. As an alternative, a page detailing all Millionaire $1,000,000+ winners was proposed some time in the past. I'll approve if such a page is (re)created and the nominated pages are redirected there. Tinlinkin 01:03, 20 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.