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. (non-admin closure) NuclearWarfare ^{contact me}_{My work} 21:27, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Long Dong Silver (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

I have nominated this article for deletion for two simple reasons - lack of confirmation and the article lacks of any credible source.

Norum (talk) 10:59, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It does need to be sourced, but as much as I hate to say it, this guy is noteworthy. He was a major part of the Clarence Thomas confirmation controversy in the United States (Thomas was accused of bragging that his sexual prowess was equal to that of LDS), and he was apparently famous as a porno star in the early 1980s, although I know very little about that. Jsc1973 (talk) 15:19, 12 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 13:50, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Verified by its discussion in reference to the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. CNN's [1] "Bill Press: The return of Long Dong Silver"(2001) says that Anita Hill testified that Thomas harassed female workers inpart by describing porn videos he had watched "including the now-famous 'Long Dong Silver.'" If CNN says it is famous, that goes a long way toward establishing notability. Google News archive has many other articles discussing the film.See Google News archive [2] , particuarly Pioneer Press (1991) [3]. Washington Post [4] called Silver "a well known performer." Rocky Mountain News [5] says Silver was well known even before the Thomas hearings. Time magazine(1998) [6] called Silver "a household name." Edison (talk) 19:17, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Article needs refs, but very famous, because of the Clarence Thomas hearings.John Z (talk) 20:05, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep or Redirect to Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination. The individual is not notable beyond the mention of the name during the testimony and I don't think there would be any discussion without the connection. -- Mufka ^{(u) (t) (c)} 21:09, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:03, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. The sources to demonstrate notability do exist, but the article needs improvement by way of a delicate chainsaw. JBsupreme (talk) 03:36, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per, well... everyone. I mean, I don't read the news but I know about this guy. JuJube (talk) 07:00, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and actresses-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:40, 14 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.