Deletion of Mathieu Chantelois

Comment: There is no basis for the "procedural nomination," since the user who adopted the username same as the subject and who blanked the article, did not start the article. It was started in 2006 by Bearcat, who has nominated it for deletion. Many other editors have contributed to it over many years of its being  in the encyclopedia, so blanking by someone claiming to be the subject is not a compelling basis for deletion, any more than is a deletion request from the article creator. The subject was featured in one reality show, then had his own TV show, and has done several other activities which have gotten him mention or substantial coverage in books and other sources, such as http://books.google.com/books?id=yrgUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Mathieu+Chantelois%22&dq=%22Mathieu+Chantelois%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MeUDUvvvNIaqyQHl_oB4&ved=0CCwQ6AEwADgK  "The queer encyclopedia of film & television. Since the deletion nomination did not present a valid basis for deletion, and there is no basis for speedy deletion, it appears that the AFD could be procedurally closed. If the AFD runs the normal period, then the article should be kept as the subject appears to satisfy . Certainly and poorly sourced or unsourced statements should be removed per .  A subject of an article might do better with an OTRS request than by blanking an article if some of the info is incorrect. If the article is unbalanced or does not have a neutral point of view, there is the article talk page or the BLP noticeboard. We have no real way of verifying that it was the subject who blanked the article
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP||WP:BLP)