Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David whittet


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The result was delete. DrKiernan (talk) 19:34, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

David whittet

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Non-notable person. Whittet is indeed a producer of several films (three listed at IMDb), but none of them appear to be notable films. The text is unclear as to whether Whittet's film Amiri & Aroha or its star Shayne Biddle was the winner of the 2012 Prestige Award, but neither fact would really bolster any notability as the Prestige Award appears to be largely a "pay to be recognized" type of award. The claim that Whittet is the first New Zealand doctor to have won the prestigious WONCA Award for family medicine is not verified by the cited source (which is a broken link), nor is their any indication at WONCA's website that they present any such award. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 20:52, 27 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 20:57, 27 August 2015 (UTC)


 * KEEP Links to WONKA fixed. The Prestige Film Festival is just that... a film festival which you pay to enter like Sundance. It is not a pay to be recognised award, this statement is bordering on the ludicrous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viktoriasoviet (talk • contribs)
 * Keep Links seem to be fixed and he is the only New Zealander to win the award (from the WONKA site the winners:) The film festival is a normal film festival and not a pay to win. Mango 04:27, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Previous Winners of the WONCA Foundation Award
 * 1989 - Dr Lorenzo Fleitas; Spain
 * 1992 - Dr Juris Lazovskis; Latvia
 * 1992 - Dr Vaclav Benes; Czech Republic
 * 1998 - Dr David Whittet; New Zealand
 * 1998 - Dr Abdul Sattar Tabani; Pakistan
 * 2001 - Prof Jannie Hugo and Dr Ian Couper; South Africa
 * 2010 - Dr David Whittet; New Zealand


 * Comment My note about the Prestige Award is based on their own website, which explicitly states: "Our goal is to help you promote your work." That's not the usual rhetoric of film awards. This one does not seem to be very notable. Nor does the WONCA award. The bottom line is that there are no sources of significant coverage in independent, reliable sources. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 12:01, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete also name is spelt wrong Whittet has small w this needs correcting wally 17:21, 28 August 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Escapement (talk • contribs)
 * """"Keep"""" just fix up the name ""W"" Majorsmithers (talk) 01:01, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment The name misspelling is a minor issue that could be fixed. The lack of notability cannot. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 13:19, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment Confirmed sockpuppets' !votes stricken.
 * Speedy Delete The article has already been deleted twice at the correct location. See . Subject hasn't become more notable since the previous discussion. --  haminoon  ( talk ) 09:36, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
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 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:39, 1 September 2015 (UTC)


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