Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andrew McFarlane (American actor)


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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Star  Mississippi  02:09, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Andrew McFarlane (American actor)

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Completely unreferenced WP:BLP of an actor, purportedly "known" only for one supporting role in a television series. Just having one recurring role is not automatically notable enough to confer an instant free pass over WP:NACTOR #1 in and of itself -- reliable source coverage about him and his roles has to be shown to establish their significance, such as a nomination for or win of a major top-level acting award (Oscar, Emmy, etc.) and/or sufficient coverage about him to get him over WP:GNG. While this was recently stubbed down from a longer, semi-advertorialized version that detailed a lot of bit parts, it's never had any references in it at all and thus there's no old version of this article worth reverting back to. Obviously no prejudice against recreation in the future if and when somebody can write and properly reference something quite a bit better than this, but one role in a television series is not "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to pass GNG on his sourceability. Bearcat (talk) 14:47, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and United States of America. Bearcat (talk) 14:47, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia needs to stop being an IMDb mirror. His one listed role was only at the "recurring" level. We need multiple significant roles, this one might just barely pass significant level, but one role is not enough.John Pack Lambert (talk) 15:38, 23 May 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.