Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew Brand (Film Director)


 * 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   delete. Ohconfucious hits the nail on the head policywise here. Consensus seems to be there is nothing to indicate that he might pass notability standards at the moment. NW ( Talk ) 00:41, 23 September 2009 (UTC)

Andrew Brand (Film Director)

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Notability is asserted per "Andrew was commissioned to write and direct his 1st short film, "To his knees he fell" through the prestigious UK Film Council and EMMI funded DV Shorts Scheme. This went on to screening Internationally and was also short-listed for the 'Forteen Times Award' as part of the London Short Film Festival." Thus, A7 does not apply. However, I have been unable to find any significant coverage in multiple reliable sources about this individual. I found this link from BBC; however, it is not a secondary source because the page is a member profile. A Google News Archive search for him and his "internationally-screening" film, To his knees he fell, return no sources. Neither does a Google search. Furthermore, the creator of this article,, wrote on the talk page of this article: "This is a article write about myself as a british writer/director. All information in the article is correct and written by me." This article should be deleted for failing WP:BIO and WP:V. Cunard (talk) 23:09, 2 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Delete. Per nom. Vanity article. Estragons (talk) 03:29, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  —Cunard (talk) 05:01, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment 3 short films. COI aside, I'd be a lot more impressed if the article would show the recognition he received for his works To his knees he fell and Wires and Bows... as they seem to have a lot of independent coverage. But yes, the currrent article needs major cleanup. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 07:49, 3 September 2009 (UTC)


 *  Weak keep. One of the sources is a personal website, the second may proof notability. Needs a lot of work. Rirunmot (talk) 00:56, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JForget  21:43, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Gonna say keep per WP:POTENTIAL. After further research into the positive recognition of his works, I believe there is enough available to allow the article to properly assert and source this filmmaker's notability. And yes... if no one else gets to it, I will likely fix the article myself. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 00:05, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * If you could provide direct links to news articles or filmographies that prove that Andrew Brand is notable and/or passes WP:ENT, I will withdraw this AfD. Cunard (talk) 00:46, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

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 * Delete I'd disagree with it being with potential. It's more like WP:CRYSTAL, as the subject has only directed 3 short films, whose notability is also in doubt. Ohconfucius (talk) 05:56, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
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