Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglas Downing III


 * 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 -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 15:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Douglas Downing III

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Self-promotion, autobiography (note username of article creator), subject is not (yet?) notable. Note: PROD tag removed by IP editor, with an attempt to address notability issue, but no source for claims of "recognition" or feature in Filmmaker Magazine. FreplySpang 21:32, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - Wikipedia is not here to advance your career. Fails WP:V and WP:RS. And 94 ghits is somewhat telling. Moreschi Deletion! 21:39, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * We have no intention in advancing his career through wikipedia, If you would do research and see that he has been featured in filmmaker magazine several news papers and imdb. You may do what you whant, but he has more credibility then most people you have listed coming from Full Sail college. We also do not feel we need to use wikipedia to advance anyones career, we came here to post info for him. He Will have another article coming out about himself and his film in First Monday magazine next week. There have also been many press releases put out about his work. If you feel that what we are doing is wrong then take it down, otherwise there is no harm being done. This is an encyclpoedia made by the people for the people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcd3films (talk • contribs)
 * Please feel free to cite references to those magazine and newspaper articles in the article. (Press releases put out by Downing himself, however, are not evidence of notability.) References to reliable external sources are very persuasive in this sort of decision. However, you need to give detailed references - for instance, what issue of Filmmaker Magazine? Simply saying that he was once mentioned in the magazine does not give the reader enough information to verify the claim. And it is up to the article creator, not the reader to "do research" and provide these references. FreplySpang 02:08, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see you have already specified which issue of Filmmaker mentioned him (Fall '06). Thanks. It would be even better if you gave the article title and page number, but this is a start. FreplySpang 02:11, 3 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The article is called "In Focus" it's on page 22 and it's the first movie mentioned. The article talkes about five independent films in post productions. Kate winslet is on the cover. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.170.131.223 (talk) 20:52, 3 February 2007 (UTC).
 * The press release was put out by full sail and hit over 20 different websites and magazines. Here are some examples, http://emediawire.com/releases/2007/1/emw496804.htm, http://www.prnewsnow.com/PR%20News%20Releases/Art%20And%20Entertainment/Magazines/Full%20Sail%20Graduate%20Directs%20Closure, http://woodstockfilmfestival.com/newsletters/06_06.htm, etc.. The newspapers the film and douglas were featured in are, "The Poughkeepsie Journal", "Woodstock Film Commision" and "The Hydespark Townsman". We are mostly trying to get him out there because the film he has directed is very important. It is the story of child sexual abuse and takes on the subject in a way movie has done yet. It is an incredible story how the film was made. The movie and himself have the support of 1,000's of CSA survivors (childhood sexual Aabuse). I hope now this is significant information, it will continue to grow rapidly each week. If you need more, please let us know and we will provide you with as much as we can. Thanks.
 * We are not attacking the director or his films. What's being said is that his films nor himself are notable enough to be included on Wikipedia. However, with the information that's been presented, I'm going to have to say keep until there's more information. It's looking like he's up-and-coming and if not now, will be worthy of an article soon. If not, I'd support an AfD in a few months. - JNighthawk 21:12, 7 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete unless reliably sourced. Addhoc 10:43, 8 February 2007 (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.