Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Turner (director)


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 00:11, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Dan Turner (director)

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Contested prod with addition of credits. However, none of the films listed as his credits have Wikipedia articles, and thus do not imply inherited notability of WP:NFF, and there are no secondary sources except IMDB establishing that the person and films actually do exist - however, IMDB is extremely unpicky and do not cause WP:BIO to be met. As I also stated on the prod, a Google search turns up nothing substantial. - Lilac Soul (talk • contribs • count) 06:31, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Additionally, though not grounds for deletion, the original author's username implies WP:COI. - Lilac Soul (talk • contribs • count) 06:34, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep - The fact that this young director has directing credits for at least three notable productions makes this article worth keeping. Whether or not the films have Wikipedia articles is not the test for their notability. Esasus (talk) 03:30, 26 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep, delete because "no movies titled in wikipedia"? thats weird. --hnnvansier (talk) 05:51, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment - I think you misunderstand me. I do not say that the movies must have Wikipedia articles in order for the director to be notable. I'm saying that, as these movies are all his notability can be judged from, and that these have no articles, and that Google turns up nothing substantial, it simply is not apparent in any way that he meets WP:BIO. - Lilac Soul (talk • contribs • count) 06:32, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep The last two movies are respectively 18 and 5 minutes and even IMDB lacks any big cast member names or awards for these. The first feature film he did was released in Italy while the director is British. International release outside the country of origin is something that I think makes a film notable. - Mgm|(talk) 08:47, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete - The way the article is written builds up a weak resume to sound as if he has directed multiple feature films, but this is not the case. Neither the director, nor his films appear to meet notability criteria based on third-party (and not IMDb) sources. Jvr725 (talk) 17:03, 4 March 2009 (UTC)


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