Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gregory Hurst


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The result was   delete as the rough consensus indicates. –MuZemike 08:10, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Gregory Hurst

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CV of a finance executive somewhat lacking in notability. The bio is inadequately sourced and was created by a single purpose account and apparently in conflict of interest. Ohconfucius ¡digame! 05:06, 9 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete: While he's been involved in productions, he isn't getting to the level of notability to deserve a Wikipedia article. He's getting incidental mentions in a couple of articles, but there are no articles about him. We don't really know anything about him, besides his credits (and lots of people have credits in some production).-- Lester  08:17, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. While the resume appears quite extensive, nothing within his career actually establishes notability. None of the references pan out. Among the television productions, the only one he appears to have received credit for is directing an unknown number of episodes of Another World. The regional professional theatre work doesn't establish notability per WP:CREATIVE OR WP:ENT, although there appears to be several archived pay-per-view articles from his regional theatre days that apparently are about him specifically. (If notability can be established through these sources, the article will need a complete, fundamental rewrite to become encyclopedic.) There are snippet mentions in passing in theatre profiles and playbills. He served as a lecturer and adjunct professor at UNC, Rutgers, and Duke, but doesn't meet notability criteria per WP:PROF. His board memberships and financial advisory work does not establish notability. Subject has clearly led a well-rounded and full life, unfortunately, notability lacks verifiability through reliable, independent sources. Notability has not yet been established according to any specific criteria that I can find. Cindamuse (talk) 09:24, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  --  Jujutacular  talk 15:30, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  --  Jujutacular  talk 15:31, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - While I loathe the CV-style layout, pretty obviously a case of sufficient career achievement to merit inclusion as a director of plays and television shows. Carrite (talk) 15:47, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. I totally agree regarding the resume format. However, the only television directing credit he received was on Another World, date and episode unknown. No other credits or references. So that rules out notability there. The resume presents a lot of impressive claims, but an exhaustive search resulted in a complete lack of references to support the claims. There MAY be sources to establish notability regarding directing in regional professional theatre, but the online sources are pay-per-view and I don't have access to the hard copies. It's a hard call (in my opinion), since the resume is so comprehensive, however, it appears that there is a lack of verifiability on all counts to establish notability at all. Cindamuse (talk) 03:28, 10 September 2010 (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.