Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alan Calzatti


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The result was delete. North America1000 01:50, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

Alan Calzatti

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We require everything in a biography of a living person to be verrified by reliable sources. This article lacks any reliable sources, using only IMDb which in no way is reliable nor does it have the selectivity that would indicate something it mentions is notable. The article has been tagged as lacking adequate sourcing for over a year. The guy is involved in making music videos, which is not the type of video production that often leads to notability. I am sure some music video creators are notable, but we need lots of substantial coverage of a person to show that, not just a directory style listing in IMDb. John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:07, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  14:11, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Russia-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone  14:11, 9 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Comment While the article only got a posted notaice on inadequate sourcing in 2019, it was created in 2008 with originally no sources. The creator only made two edits outside their edits on this page, one was to create a link from a page on a music video that name-chekced Calzatti's existence, and another was to add a mention of Calzatti on a page.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:12, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - it looks like he passed away recently. With that being said, notability requirements for a biographical article still apply. I am finding nothing in a WP:BEFORE search which included Google and newspaper records. Spiderone  14:19, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I tried using that source in the article, and Wikipedia would not let me place it there, so I think it is not a very reliable one. I don't doubt he is dead, but I doubt he is notable.John Pack Lambert (talk) 17:31, 10 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - with such an allegedly long career as a cinematographer (he was never primarily a director as most readers would think) there's very little coverage. Technical and camera people behind the scenes are rarely notable. Bearian (talk) 14:42, 15 December 2020 (UTC)


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