Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

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The result was keep. Nominator has been banned as a sockpuppet, no other arguments for deletion. Fences&Windows 00:42, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of persons who have won Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Awards

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This article contains a table of people who've all won the same few awards, and then goes on to list those who are "missing" one, two or more. There is no evidence that this "phenomena" is at all notable and it has not been commented on by multiple, independent reliable sources, leaving the article to look like one giant trivia section. The article also fails WP:N, WP:IINFO, WP:SYNTH and, arguably, WP:LISTCRUFT. WossOccurring (talk) 17:58, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: The nominator has been blocked as a sockpuppet of User:Dalejenkins. Any passing admin can close this as no other deletion arguments have been offered. Fences&Windows 00:23, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Would only like to say that it was the subject of a recent episode of 30 Rock. MMetro (talk) 03:33, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment in the entertainment industry there is such a thing known as a triple threat - "can sing, can dance, can act" - I suppose this list indicates the best of the triple threats, depending on the dancing portion being somewhere... 76.66.197.17 (talk) 05:30, 30 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I decided to vote. The IP brings up a very good point, citeable with the PBS Broadway documentary if you don't want to trust an IP. The scope is the same as any article on various Triple Crowns or Grand Slams: A and B and C and D is an identity, not a synthesis. Reliable sources document the wins for each individual award, or the information on any award would not be on Wikipedia, plus the 30 Rock writers had to have gotten their info from somewhere. The article cites the NY Times, which noted that the awards have the commonality of peer voting. Therefore, the article suffers from bad sourcing, but Rome wasn't built in a day. MMetro (talk) 12:07, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The LA Times calls this the "Showbiz Award Grand Slam",[1] as does the Boston Globe.[2] Many more examples here. Playbill also comments on the phenomenon: "With his Tony wins for the Broadway musical, The Producers, Mel Brooks enters a rarefied circle of people who have won a Tony Award, an Academy Award, a Grammy Award and an Emmy."[3] Rita Moreno was noted in 2006 as "the only woman alive who has won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony."[4] Whoopi Goldberg's achievement is discussed here. The nominator needs to do more research before their nominations. Fences&Windows 22:07, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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SNOW KEEP - winning any one of these awards would garner an automatic article on Wikipedia. Winning all four is a rare feat indeed, and is totally sourced and completely notable. 23:13, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

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