Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Claude Genest (2nd nomination)


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The result was   keep. ItsZippy (talk • contributions) 20:05, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Claude Genest
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No indication of notability per WP:GNG. As a politician he was never elected and doesn't qualify per WP:POLITICIAN. As an actor he's held only minor roles which do not qualify per WP:ACTOR. The first time this article was nominated for deletion it was removed because he was nominated for a New England Emmy. This might qualify per WP:ANYBIO if he had won, but a single nomination is not considered notable. Importantly, most of the info here is not backed up. All but one of the links are dead and the only piece of confirmed information is that he once taught a permaculture class. West Eddy (talk) 23:42, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. No evidence of notability. "Genest used to help teach" is hardly anything to brag about, nor is the uncited "one of the first 250".--Dmol (talk) 01:01, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - former deputy leader of the Green Party of Canada and well known Quebec actor. Me-123567-Me (talk) 12:51, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * comment - This also tells me how notable Genest is: "He is also creator, producer and host of Regeneration - The Art of Sustainable Living, nominated for an Emmy Award, from their New England Chapter, in 2008." --Me-123567-Me (talk) 13:20, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * How is he "well-known"?West Eddy (talk) 16:06, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
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 * Keep Yes, as with all actors he's had some smaller roles, but we look instead to his being Dan Kelly in 22 episodes of Sirens, and his being Frank Ross in the miniseries Lance et compte III, and then stir in coverage of him running as the Green Party of Canada candidate during the 2008 Canadian federal election, the addditional coverage of his nomination in their 2006 federal election, his work Regeneration, The Art of Sustainable Living being nominated for an Emmy Award, and see that, though not oustandingly notable for any one thing (not a mandate), his overall career(s) and coverage in multiple reliable sources over a many-years period give him notability enough for Wikipedia. What we have here is an article that needs improvement through regular editing, but not one meriting deletion for that lack.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 07:16, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep, maybe borderline for some guidelines, but the sum of his activities appears enough to substain a claim of notability, at least for me. Cavarrone (talk) 21:01, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
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