Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Betty Tanner


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The result was delete. Geschichte (talk) 22:15, 17 December 2021 (UTC)

Betty Tanner

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As far as can be determined from the article, Tanner only appears to have had one role in film that was close to significant. However, we actually just know she was part of a large ensemble that were part of the cast. There is no indication that her actualrole in The Wizard of Oz" was notable. She is mentioned on two consecutive pages in a comprehensive book about the Munchkins in the work, that is not enough on its own to show notability. IMDb is not reliable, and is clearly more comprehensive than Wikipedia is meant to be. The one other source is an article about an event in 1992 recreating Oz that mentions 8 of the original cast showed up, that has a one line quote from Tanner and mentions she was in the original cast, but says nothing more. A search for additional sources turned up no more reliable sources. We are not even told a second role she had, notable or otherwise. Some of the muchkin roles in The Wizard of Oz'' may count as "significant" roles, but there is no inidcation that Tanner's role did, and nothing to indicate that she had any other significant role ever, so she clearly does not meet the "multiple significant roles" prong, her specific rule is not enough to pass any other actress notability prong, and the sources here do not add up to passing GNG. John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:24, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:38, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Women-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:38, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 16:38, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: Good grief, if she's best known for a role in which she was uncredited, that's damn near the dictionary definition of failing WP:NACTOR.   Ravenswing     18:22, 10 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete: Yes, just one uncredited role in a movie, even if it is the Wizard of Oz, is not a highly notable actor! Deathlibrarian (talk) 07:22, 12 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Hell no. Heck, one of my brothers-in-law was an aspiring actor, and did gigs as extras in Hollywood movies to try to get his toe in the door.  He has four times the number of IMDB credits as Tanner, and with actual screen credit ... granted, entries such as "Neighbor #4" and "Rash Man."  No article for him any time in the foreseeable future.   Ravenswing      09:54, 12 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete: I created the page (almost 13 years ago) and likely when I didn't really know what I was doing on here. I've searched to see if I can find more sources for her via Google (incl. Books), Newspapers.com, etc. and the answer is I can't, so I agree she fails notability standards. --Jkaharper (talk) 00:16, 14 December 2021 (UTC)


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