Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JLS (X Factor Group)
per my original nomination). The Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Eoghan_Quigg|AfD for Eoghan Quigg noted that WP:MUSICBIO attributes notability to acts "placed" in a music contest. At the time I commented that this probably blew away the deletion rationale (which was the same as this one). But there is certainly plenty of room for doubt. What exactly does "placed" mean? Is this policy supposed to override  or is it itself overridden? And although in the final week of the contest JLS finished higher than E.Q., over the course of the contest, http://xfactor.itv.com/stories/story-detail/item_100567.htm E.Q. generally finished ahead of JLS so you could argue that E.Q. "placed" more highly. And, of course, the AfD for E.Q. was far from clear-cut and the closing admin had a tough call to make - another admin may not have made the same decision. So whereas I agree this AfD was rightly re-opened, I don't think the fact that the AfD for E.Q. closed as keep is, in itself, any reason why this one should. Right now, everything notable about JLS is attributable to the X Factor and IMO a separate article is not warranted. Any non-keep closure should, of course, be without prejudice to recreation if that changes - it ''probably'' will in future, but that is |irrelevant now
— User:Ros0709, 21:07, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Stance: merge
Cited policy: WP:BIO1E||WP:CRYSTAL (Wikipedia:Notability)