User talk:Banananana88

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March 2010

Welcome to Wikipedia. Although everyone is welcome to contribute constructively to the encyclopedia, your addition of one or more external links to the page Lacey Brown has been reverted.
Your edit here was reverted by an automated bot that attempts to remove links which are discouraged per our external links guideline from Wikipedia. The external link you added or changed is on my list of links to remove and probably shouldn't be included in Wikipedia. I removed the following link(s): http://www.myspace.com/LaceyBrownsings (matching the regex rule \bmyspace\.com).
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Removed section from Talk:American Idol (season 9)

I removed the following section you placed on Talk:American Idol (season 9) because it was not about improving the article (see WP:TALK.) I posted it here so you would have a copy of what you wrote. I feel this would be good to put at Wikipedia:WikiProject Idol series, but it would look better coming directly from you instead of me copying and pasting the information. Aspects (talk) 02:53, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Contestant articles

I do get the controversy regarding these articles, with the witch-hunts and all but I did not get an ephiphany until a while ago. I was fixing an article about Lacey Brown, and someone corrected a wrong assumption I had about her, mentioning a contestant I barely remember. I searched to see if it was true that I was wrong and I was but then it hit me; why does she still have an article when nothing is really happening to her? All of the updates thereon her article space are mostly about her personal life, which is kinda creepy. Being a privacy advocate, I find these updates disturbing. While they are perfectly relevant if she was still in the limelight, now, it seems, it just feel out-of-place. I really think that we should re-think our policy on contestant articles, maybe there's nothing wrong in deleting some after all. Really, look at people like Julia Demato, nothing has happened in her life afetr Idol. the only news she's got is a DUI and a gig at a summer fair. At least some people have appeared in Celebrity Fit Club,I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Outta Here!, or The Surreal Life. People who don't do anything with their chance shouldn't really get articles. But I still think recent constestant should have articles since they are still notable. (This is important because if they do get famous, editing the article would be essier thn creating a new one. Tey should have a "grace period" bu if they don;t do anything two years after the tour,then they should be placed in a "List of finalists from season X of American Idol" article. --Banananana88 (talk) 11:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

I think to determine which ones to keep and which ones to get rid of, we shuld first segregate them n te basis of importance and success. I have come-up with 5 categories below:

Necessary

Articles for winners and runners-up as well as contestants who have achieved significant success outside the American Idol universe:

• Winners:
  • Kelly Clarkson
  • Ruben Studdard
  • Fantasia
  • Carrie Underwood
  • Taylor Hicks
  • Jordin Sparks
  • David Cook

• Runners-up
  • Justin Guarini
  • Clay Aiken
  • Diana DeGarmo
  • Bo Bice
  • Katherine McPhee
  • Blake Lewis
  • David Archuleta
  • Adam Lambert

Others:

• • Josh Gracin
  • Jennifer Hudson
  • Kellie Pickler
  • Chris Daughtry
  • Elliot Yamin
  • Mandisa
  • Amber Riley

Needed, but not a priority

Articles for contestants that have limited success outside Idol but remain relevant:

• Season 1:
  • Tamyra Gray
  • Ryan Starr

• Season 2:
  • Kimberley Locke
  • Corey Clark

• Season 3:
  • Matthew Rogers
  • Jasmine Trias
  • LaToya London

• Season 4:
  • Jessica Sierra
  • Constantine Maroulis

• Season 5:
  • Lisa Tucker
  • Ace Young
  • Kevin Covais
  • Bucky Covington
  • Paris Bennet

• Season 6:
  • Melinda Doolittle

• Season 7:
  • Jason Castro [conditional]

• Season 8:
  • Allison Iraheta [conditional]
  • Danny Gokey [conditional]
  • Scott MacIntyre [conditional]
  • Lil Rounds [condotional]
  • Anoop Desai [conditional]
  • Michael Sarver [conditional]

• Others (some people here may be placed lower):
  • Joanne Borgella
  • Ayla Brown
  • Jennifer Korbee
  • Cat Deeley]
  • Dorian Holley
  • William Hung
  • Reynaldo Lapuz
  • Melissa Lawson
  • Josiah Leming
  • Larry Platt
  • Alan Ritchson
  • Lisa Wilson
  • Natasha Williams
  • Kristen White
  • Celeste Scalone
  • Keith Semple
  • Melissa Sgambelluri
  • Jackie Tohn
  • Brianna Taylor

Marginal importance

Articles for contestants that have very little success but should be kept due to historical/cultural impact:

• Season 1:
  • Jim Verraros
  • Nikki McKibbin

• Season 2:
  • Trenyce
  • Kimberly Caldwell
  • Carmen Rasmusen

• Season 3:
  • George Huff
  • John Stevens
  • John Peter Lewis

• Season 4:
  • Lindsey Cardinale
  • Nadia Turner
  • Vonzell Solomon

• Season 6:
  • Brandon Rogers
  • Phil Stacey
  • Chris Richardson
  • Chris Sligh
  • Haley Scarnato
  • Gina Glocksen
  • LaKisha Jones

• Season 7:
  • Amanda Overmyer
  • Ramiele Malubay
  • Micheal Johns
  • Carly Smithson
  • Brooke White
  • Syesha Mercado

• Season 8:
  • Jasmine Murray [conditional]
  • Matt Giraud [conditional]
  • Megan Joy [conditional]

• Season 9:
  • Lacey Brown [conditional]

• Others (some people here may be placed lower):
  • Sarah Burgess
  • Brooke Barrettsmith
  • Antonella Barba
  • Katrina Darrell
  • Frenchie Davis
  • Julie Dubela
  • Ashley Hartman
  • Joanna Pacitti
  • Tom Lowe
  • Becky and Jessie O'Donohue
  • Mario Vazquez
  • Sean Michel
  • Melissa Sgambelluri
  • Josh Strickland
  • Robyn Troup
  • Nicole Tieri
  • Quindon Tarver

Unnecessary

Articles of contestants that should be in "List of minor finalists from American Idol season..."*:

• Season 1:
  • EJay Day

• Sesason 2:
  • Charles Grigsby
  • Julia DeMato
  • Vanessa Olivarez

• Season 3:
  • Amy Adams
  • Camile Velasco

• Sesson 4:
  • Mikalah Gordon
  • Anthony Federov
  • Anwar Robinson
  • Nikko Smith
  • Scott Savol

• Season 6:
  • Stephanie Edwards

• Season 7:
  • David Hernandez
  • Chikezie

• Others:
  • Jonathan Jayne
  • Tori Kelly
  • Chris Watson

.*Criteria for inclusion: Contestants that have yet to be signed, release an album,

or have a career in entertainment. Finalists with articles are given a one year grace period after the end of the tour to start their career, those who fail to do so should be moved here.

Policy regarding "List of..." articles. Information regarding any aspect of their

personal lives are to be excluded, including information revealed in the show with the exception of age at the time of the competion and their origin, place/time of birth is highly discouraged. Contents placed here should be focused on their performances and/or activities wihtin the show's format. relevant details may be placed based on their relation to the show.

Unknown

• Season 1:
  • Cristina Christian <--appeared in an episode of CSI
  • A.J. Gil
  • R.J. Helton

• Season 3:
  • Leah LaBelle

• Season 5:
  • Melissa McGhee

• Season 8:
  • Jorge Nunez
  • Alexis Grace

"List of ..."=

Policy regarding the creation of contestant articles. Semi-finalist should not get

articles unless they have achieved significant success/notability outside Idol. Articles for Top 13/12/11 are highly discouraged, although those already created should not be deleted. For those within the Top 10, articles are welcomed. **

• • Criteria for deletion: Contestants that have yet to be signed, release an album,

or have a career in entertainment. Finalists with articles are given a one year grace period after the end of the tour to start their career, those who fail to do so should be moved here.

Paige Miles infobox/categories

Please join the discussion I started at Talk:Paige Miles#Unsourced infobox/categories instead of reverting without an edit summary.

As a side note, when you hit the "Undo" link it specifically states "If you are undoing an edit that is not vandalism, explain the reason in the edit summary. Do not use the default message only." Whenever you do not put an edit summary while reverting an edit, you are calling that edit vandalism and the editor a vandal. That can be seen as a personal attack, so you should be careful and use an edit summary so other editors know why you made that edit. Aspects (talk) 01:00, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lee DeWyze

Hello! Your submission of Lee DeWyze at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Storye book (talk) 18:44, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK nominations

Just so you know, when you add an author to a DYK template, it is usually the page creator, not every editor. I can see why you would think this, but not every editor has done something big to an article. I could be wrong though, but this is what I have usually observed. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 22:38, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Adding false information to tuna articles

Why are you falsely marking certain tuna species as being extinct? This appears to be vandalism. --Epipelagic (talk) 02:57, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

Well, because in a year or so, they could be. Bluefin tuna ban proposal meets rejection.--Banananana88 (talk) 17:14, 23 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Lee DeWyze

On March 25, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lee DeWyze, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 20:22, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Paige Miles

Hello! Your submission of Paige Miles at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Storye book (talk) 22:40, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Lacey Brown

Hello! Your submission of Lacey Brown at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Materialscientist (talk) 00:08, 3 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Aaron Kelly (singer)

On 6 April, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Aaron Kelly (singer), which you recently nominated. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 00:06, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Paige Miles

On April 6, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Paige Miles, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 06:02, 6 April 2010 (UTC)