Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Donato


 * 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. Core desat 05:21, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Edward Donato
''Long comments have been refactored to the talk page to aid readability of the day's discussion. This is not to be seen as asserting that those comments are worth any less than others here. Stifle (talk) 18:24, 4 November 2007 (UTC)''


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Fine art photographer/ director Edward Donato aka Eduardus Donatella, (born in Los Angeles, September 25, 1970) is probably best known for writing and directing the 2002 dramatic dark comedy "Jesus Is Coming". About which dramatic dark comedy imdb.com has remarkably little to say. Number of user comments: zero. Of external reviews: zero. Total Donato "presence" on imdb.com other than this one dramatic dark comedy: zero. The article is full of grand claims, which I flagged with thingies, which in turn were quickly removed. Little on google, though he does have a MySpace page. Very minor notability in film, no credible claim of notability in photography, a massive whiff of promotion. -- Hoary 11:43, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Update: in a single edit, the SP-IP has removed most of the article (and, surprise surprise, the AfD notice). So now our man is described as little more than the author/director of this film. Although the film came out in 2002 (when the web was of course already in full swing) and has had five full years to achieve fame and glory, Google tells a sad story. It does have a page at toptenreviews.com, but this too is less than enthralling. -- Hoary 13:01, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Let it go, it's just a tiny, underdeveloped slip of a thing that shows no promise of reaching maturity. Put it back in the sea to feed a bigger fish. Pinkville 13:48, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm surprised the "film" wasn't nominated, too. Jauerback 14:08, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - No significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. See WP:N. Subdolous 14:51, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Jesus, I've just realized that Jesus Is Coming has its own article too. I hadn't noticed. I'd AfD that too, but it's past bedtime, and all the excitement over some shopping mall has worn me out. (The latest: "large nasty security guys" are after me.) -- Hoary 16:15, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Subdolous. Stifle (talk) 17:13, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: User:SofiaValentino has canvassed me on my talk page to ask me to change my vote. I am not doing so. Stifle (talk) 18:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Lol! "Best known" for something that itself is unknown speaks for itself. TGreenburgPR 00:27, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete unless reliable sources can corroborate the subject's notability within the world of fine art photography. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 13:28, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment: I have received an off-Wiki email soliciting Wikipedia assistance on behalf of the subject. This was not through the email address that I've attached to my Wikipedia account. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 08:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh please gyrofrog why would anyone in their right mind contact you? After all your pointless cd reviews in Austin Texas? You're not the boss of anything! I've spent the past few years in Austin during the South By South West Film Fest, and not a single peep about you, in Texas or- back in L.A. Better expand, Hollywood's coming! Goggle loves Hollywood- soon Wiki will love Hollywood too, big guy. ThorLg November 5 2007
 * I have no idea why someone would go to that kind of trouble. Perhaps they weren't in their right mind, as you suggest. It certainly didn't sway me toward keeping this article. It's interesting, though, that you mentioned the content of my website - the email came through the website's contact address. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 15:38, 5 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete -- A Google News Archive search turns up nothing useful for this Edward Donato. -- A. B. (talk) 19:44, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletions.   — A. B. (talk) 19:55, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Article smarticle, pound for pound dollar for dollar, nothing else matters. Be advised. You'll find E.D growing... He's Hollywood. Enough said, watch and learn! I know who's involved... User:ThorLG November 4 2007
 * — ThorLG (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. . -- A. B. (talk) 16:10, 5 November 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.