Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Oulton (actor)


 * 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. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 22:29, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

David Oulton (actor)

 * – ( View AfD View log )

WP:BLP of an actor and talk show host, not yet reliably sourced as the subject of sufficient reliable source coverage to get over WP:NACTOR. This was originally created as an autobiography by the subject himself in draftspace, rejected once at AFC, and then moved to mainspace by the creator without any followup reviews at AFC -- following which it was redirected to the subject's show, and then was reverted back to a standalone article two days ago by a different editor without comment. But the sourcing here just isn't enough: I've already had to strip fully half of the article's footnoting as primary sources that aren't support for notability at all, and even the five that are left still comprise three pieces of "local man does stuff" in his hometown local media market, one piece that's simply a syndicated reprint of one of those first three and thus not adding a new data point to whether he has enough coverage or not, and just one piece that actually goes beyond just local interest coverage within Calgary. His talk show already has an article, but none of the content or sourcing in this article offers a compelling reason why he needs a standalone biographical article as a separate topic from the show. Ordinarily I'd just redirect this to the show and walk away, but since there's already been reversion-warring by other editors over that I thought it better to test for consensus rather than acting arbitrarily. Bearcat (talk) 13:59, 1 November 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  14:28, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 13:59, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 13:59, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete Seems to be a pretty uncontroversial delete to me. This just seems to be a content fork, there is nothing that indicates that this person is notable enough independent of their show to warrant a wikipedia page. The fact it failed AFC and was published anyway says it all imo Vanteloop (talk) 19:27, 8 November 2021 (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.