User:Unscintillating/Draft RfC on Miss America and Miss USA entrants

RfC on Miss America and Miss USA entrants

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Hypothesis:

Wikipedia readers want reliably sourced information, as available, for a broad range of topics; including the entrants to Miss America and to Miss USA, each of whom have won notable state-level pageants.

WP:Deletion policy is a "widely accepted standard that all editors should normally follow", and as per WP:Deletion policy#Alternatives to deletion and WP:Deletion policy#CONTENT, merger of non-notable topics to suitable targets is accepted policy.

Unscintillating (talk) 02:48, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Rationale

History: Miss America was established in 1921, and Miss USA established in 1952.  In 1979, Miss USA had 38 million viewers.  As per our Miss USA article, in the early 1980s, the TV coverage regularly topped the Nielsen ratings.  The popularity of these two pageants waned between 1990 and 2000, but since 2010 both have recovered some lost television coverage. 

Associated state-level pageants are notable: All of these entrants are winners of notable state-level pageants, see Category:Miss USA state pageants and Category:Miss America state pageants. 

Entrants may or may not be Wikipedia notable: Notability is not a key parameter for inclusion of these individuals, as Wikipedia non-notable topics can be covered as mini-bios at a suitable target topic. 

Common elements in a bio: The typical state pageant winner is less than 24 years of age, and has competed in several beauty pageants before winning the state title.  Winning the state title carries with it some scholarship money and a one-year reign, which means public appearances in various events around the state, as well as the national TV event.  Occasionally, these winners are recognized by the state legislature.  Besides being state celebrities, these winners typically get limited international coverage, including some coverage in foreign languages.

Wikiproject Beauty Pageants: WP:WikiProject Beauty Pageants is marked semi-active.

Hypothesis defined: Merriam Webster (mw.com) definition #2 for hypothesis is, "an interpretation of a practical situation or condition taken as the ground for action."

Question

Do you support the hypothesis as a ground for action?  Please respond with Support or Don't support.  Unscintillating (talk) 02:48, 29 December 2016 (UTC)

Responses

• Support as proponent.  Unscintillating (talk) 02:48, 29 December 2016 (UTC)