Editing Eurovision Wiki:Teahouse (section)

== article deletion ==

An acquaintance of mine who knows that I sometimes edit Wikipedia told me that a friend of his wants to get his recently written bio deleted. Could someone give me general guidance on how to handle this? Proposing article deletion might or might not be the right solution. I don’t know yet if the subject of the new bio thinks that the bio doxxes him, or is inaccurate, or is accurate but biased, or what. [[User:Thiesen|Thiesen]] ([[User talk:Thiesen|talk]]) 17:14, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

:Hello, @[[User:Thiesen|Thiesen]], and welcome to the Teahouse. 
:We do not delete articles just because the subject wishes us to. Articles are deleted if they do not meet our standards, specifically about [[WP:notability|notability]]. If the notability of a subject is borderline, we sometimes allow the subject's wish for deletion to have weight. But if the person clearly meets our criteria for notability, then the article will not usually be deleted. 
:I suggest you show your friend [[WP:about you]]; but that doesn't specifically cover  deletion. See [[WP:Deletion policy|Deletion policy]] for information about that. [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 17:25, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
:Hello. Generally articles are not deleted merely because the subject wishes it. If the subject wants to argue that they actually are not [[WP:BIO|a notable person as Wikipedia defines one]], that's something we can work with, and some consideration is given to the wishes of the subject([[WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE]]).
:If there is incorrect information in the article, we want to know what it is per policy([[WP:BLP]]) articles about living people need to accurately summarize the provided sources. Being biased does not in and of itself prevent information from appearing on Wikipedia, as all sources of information have biases, but if the bias is so great that the source is making things up out of whole cloth, we want to know that, too. See the [[WP:ER|edit request process]] for subjects or their representatives to propose changes. [[User:331dot|331dot]] ([[User talk:331dot|talk]]) 17:25, 14 March 2026 (UTC)
:Which article? <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 21:21, 15 March 2026 (UTC)