Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gervase Peterson (2nd nomination)
- 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 keep. This is a weak Keep but there wasn't a very strong deletion rationale provided to argue for deleting this article, just a statement of why the nominator didn't think the subject wasn't notable. The other participants disagreed with this opinion. Liz Read! Talk! 06:17, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
Gervase Peterson
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Non-notable reality television contestant; competed on, but did not win, Survivor. Bgsu98 (talk) 03:44, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and Pennsylvania. Bgsu98 (talk) 03:44, 25 July 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 03:56, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
- Keep - sources identified by Binksternet in the previous AfD are sufficient for meeting the GNG. matt91486 (talk) 18:44, 3 August 2022 (UTC)]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 05:21, 8 August 2022 (UTC)Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Last relist
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 05:39, 15 August 2022 (UTC)- Keep. Just gonna stick something right here.
Peterson enjoyed a lot of media attention in 2000, which established his notability. New York Daily News published a piece on him in August 2000: "Gervase the Greedy". The same month, he was featured in The New York Times and profiled in Entertainment Weekly. Of course, the book Survivor (TV Books, 2000, p. 162,ISBN 1575001438) has a few paragraphs about his life. Peterson appeared as himself on the September 2000 season premier episode of The Hughleys TV show, as reported in detail by Jet magazine. People magazine reported Peterson's appearance on Nash Bridges TV show in November 2000. Newsweek volume 135 in 2000 wrote about Peterson, reporting why he decided to appear on the show: "To prove how tough I was to myself, if I could actually hang out there on an island for 39 days." TV Guide published a story about him in 2001, volume 49, p. 195, where he is quoted saying "Winning the immunity challenges is the only way to guarantee that you're going to survive another three days and possibly win." This same quote is repeated with attribution in the 2002 book Community That Is Christian. Philadelphia magazine published a five-page story on him in 2008, also carried by Boston magazine. TV critic and journalist Eric Deggans wrote a book called Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation; on pages 193–194 he talks about the strategy of Peterson, and the interplay of Peterson and Ramona Gray. Professor Vivian Zayas of Cornell wrote about the first Survivor season in "Outwit, Outplay, and Outlast", a chapter within the book The Psychology of Survivor: Leading Psychologists Take an Unauthorized Look at the Most Elaborate Psychological Experiment Ever. On pages 98–100, Zayas analyzes the "sociable and outgoing" strategy of Peterson. Peterson got more notice in 2013 when he competed again. Entertainment Weekly dedicated a story about him in December 2013. In November 2013, Peterson was featured on the Philadelphia Eagles football team official website as a celebrity fan. The Arcadia Publishing book Legendary Locals of Willingboro has one page about Peterson. From Binksternet at the previous AfD. I suppose eight years is enough to test if standards have changed ("elevated"?), but this decision on a topic few of us lurking these pages care about certainly shouldn't happen without the most relevant facts starkly at hand. Abeg92contribs 23:13, 15 August 2022 (UTC)]
- Keep as per the coverage in multiple reliable sources identified above that shows a pass of WP:GNG so that deletion is unnecessary in my view, Atlantic306 (talk) 21:40, 18 August 2022 (UTC)]
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