Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dominic Brigstocke


 * 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. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 03:49, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Dominic Brigstocke

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I could not find the coverage to meet WP:GNG or any other aspect of WP:NOTABILITY. Boleyn (talk) 20:35, 17 October 2018 (UTC)


 * KEEP. The RS issue was first flagged in 2017. But on the basis of Brigstocke's career, might I argue some caution with the deletion proposal? This person has been one of the driving forces behind many of the most successful programmes on British television for nearly 30 years (at least from when he worked on Alas Smith and Jones in the 1980s). Importantly, unlike some directors in film and television, Brigstocke's credit of "director" does not remotely express his substantial contribution in bringing these shows about, see e.g. here.


 * As I have a COI it is probably better I not get too involved (although I do not know Brigstocke personally, the company I work for employed him back in the 1990s) but I would be happy to look out some supporting material, which is most likely to be found in sources not easily accessible, eg the specialist journals which cover the UK tv business. However I am superbusy for the next weeks, so I would ask that you delay any proposed deletion until (say) the end of November, by which time I should have been able to find something (after all the page has been pretty stable for more than ten years so there seems to be no great urgency). AnOpenMedium (talk) 08:15, 18 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Confused?. Incidentally, the article Dominic Brigstocke already has numerous sources, assuming tv programmes provide their own sources. According to this discussion, they do. This is not quite the same as the notability question, but thought I should add a possible reason why past editors may not have felt it necessary to add links to older media. AnOpenMedium (talk) 08:25, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I've refactored your comments into a more conventional form. There is no need for a new sub-heading for every comment, that just clutters up the contents list.  You are right that the program credits can be used to verify the participants of a work.  However, it is still necessary to say that is where the information was sourced from.  No one should put that in as a source unless they have checked that Brigstocke does indeed appear in the credits.  Until that happens, it is unsourced.  You are also right that it would mean nothing for notability anyway.  It is not significant coverage, and it is not independent. SpinningSpark 10:52, 24 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:34, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:34, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:34, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:13, 24 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Weak delete. Much as I would like to keep this one, I'm not seeing enough to justify it.  Clive James gives Brigstocke a page or two in Blaze of Obscurity, but it is in the context of an inexperienced young director with some bright ideas that James does not agree with.  James does not highlight Brigstocke as a notable person who went on to have a glittering career.  He is just one more colourful person with which to decorate his autobiography.  Standard fare for such books.  James may as well have been talking about a bus conductor he met in Piccadilly Circus.  More than that is needed to keep this article.  At the moment it is just a list of credits, material more suited to IMdB than here. SpinningSpark 11:05, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete I am just not able to find any significant coverage for this subject at all (in the article, the first is a passing mention of one line and the other is not even about him), so he automatically fails WP:GNG just like the nom said. The article is basically just listing his directorial jobs without anything that contributes to the person itself and is even in shape for a soft WP:TNT to be honest. Wikipedia is not meant to be a IMDB mirror. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 22:52, 30 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. My own searching failed to find anything that satisfies WP:DIRECTOR. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:46, 3 November 2018 (UTC)


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