Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Frederic Colier (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Davewild (talk) 06:52, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Frederic Colier
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I was pruning references to self-published sources when I happened upon this article. It was riddled with WP:REFSPAM and when that was removed, only one source remains, a news clipping naming him as one of several recipients of a small grant from Panasonic, not in itself a claim of notability. This is either an example of very clever resume-padding or a genuinely notable subject with an unusually badly-sources article. The article was written by a WP:SPA and the majority of substantive contributions are from two others of the same ilk. Guy (Help!) 16:55, 28 July 2015 (UTC)
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 * Probably delete Are there any reliable sources on Colier? Searches on his name come up empty.  So I tried one of the listed novels. "The Bosphorous Hug" listed as, "2000 (novel)".  Nothing.  So I fixed the article's apparant misspelling spelling to "The Bosphorus Hug" Trurns out "the "Bosphorus hug" may once have been a dance fad.  No trace of the novel.   Searched another novel "Fleur de Peau"  Still nothing.  Beginning to think article  was a hoax when I tried a film, "Of Wanderlust." IMDB came through .  A 17 min. film with a budget of $5,000.   I guess he's real .  I particularly like the IMDB description of his 2012 film, "My Last Play," ""Dispirited after a 32-year failed career, broken playwright, Ed Schmidt, calls it quit....." .E.M.Gregory (talk) 21:47, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak delete not in frWP. DGG ( talk ) 23:30, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete: was briefly in fr.wikipedia but speedy-deleted for not being written in French, the irony of it. I couldn't find significant coverage in English or French. Vrac (talk) 21:29, 2 August 2015 (UTC)


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