geni wrote:
This is a classic example of fancruft of the worst sort. There is virtually no chance that this article will ever improve, unless Ms. Mateo becomes actually famous. (This could happen! And if it did, we could have a good article about her.)
You sure they don't have gosip mags in the Philippines?
I am sure they do, but even for most of the losing contestants on American Idol, there is basically no information about them after their 15 minutes of minor minor minor fame is over. For the winners, yes, there is often a lot of ongoing press coverage as their careers take off or flop. For some of the losers clever or stupid enough to do something outrageous to get more press coverage, there is also ongoing press coverage.
But for most of them, well, this was a great time in life for them, but there is not likely to be any verifiable news in the future, and what we have today is not sufficient for a standalone article that we can't police against vandalism and nonsense, etc.
I agree with the solution in cases like this of merging and in *some* cases, a standalone stub... but stubbing makes more sense only when we expect that a good article could be written.
--Jimbo