Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug Baldwin (writer)


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The result was no consensus. There is no consensus here on whether the article meets the notability guidelines. Davewild (talk) 17:25, 3 August 2015 (UTC)

Doug Baldwin (writer)

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I started to improve the article and, while it could stay like this with now added sources, I'm not sure if it meets the notability guidelines even in the slightest (unless the awards are somewhat significant). My searches (News, Books, browser, highbeam and thefreelibrary) found nothing else aside from some of the current sources and this. The name "Juliarb" may suggest someone connected to the subject started the article and it has not received ample improvement since then until today. SwisterTwister  talk  06:36, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:26, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 03:26, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * The may be a keeper. I added some sources.  He's a little hard to find because name searches lead to Doug Baldwin (American football).E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:11, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
 * keep I do see why SisterTwister found few sources; he was never a major figure, and his work - only marginally notable even then - took place a decade or two ago. I have added a few reliable sources.  To me, it looks like he probably slips past WP:CREATIVE as minor actor; minor playwright who got some reviews and attention from RS in his day.  Plus sourced prizes for playwrighting.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:35, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 07:13, 17 July 2015 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete EMGregory, I see what you mean about "slipping past" - if he's notable, it's by a hair. But I'm not getting to that side of notable. The only non-local recognition was that he was one of ten runners-up in one of ten categories for a fairly small Writer's Digest award. (Although they seem to call them all "First prizes" ;-)). LaMona (talk) 01:19, 19 July 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Walton (talk) 19:37, 26 July 2015 (UTC)
 * I meant that he is notable. Once I started to look at newspapers from the 80s, there were plenty of sources, of which I put only a couple onto the page. He was a stage actor in New York and region. Then went out to Hollywood for a few years IMDB here:  (I just linked his TV series characters - all minor roles - before settling down in Oregon.  May be more notable as a minor actor than as a writer.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:21, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
 * keep It's not easy to list a lot of sources from 80s and 70s, but there is enough info to keep the article.Arthistorian1977 (talk) 06:53, 3 August 2015 (UTC)


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