Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Bye (actor)


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The result was redirect to Martin Fowler (EastEnders). Davewild (talk) 07:10, 17 June 2015 (UTC)

James Bye (actor)

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Article fails WP:ENT, he has not had significant multiple roles in film, television or stage. From what I can find out over the last decade he has been in 6 television series, with the exception of his latest role, all the others have been an average of one episode each and of those, two of those appearances cannot be reliably sourced. 5 albert square (talk) 23:37, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I would support a redirect as well.--5 albert square (talk) 23:34, 11 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  lavender |(formerly HMSSolent )| lambast  00:04, 10 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  lavender |(formerly HMSSolent )| lambast  00:04, 10 June 2015 (UTC)


 * weak keep- as a long running and popular soap opera, EastEnders is likely to generate a lot of coverage (even if 90% of it is gossip and fan drivel). The other screen appearances seem to be minor roles. Alternately, since the majority of coverage, now and in the near future, seems likely to concern Bye's role as Martin Fowler (EastEnders), a plausible redirect/merge to that article with R with possibilities would be appropriate until multiple reliable, third-party sources non-trivially discuss the person rather than his role. --Animalparty-- (talk) 06:46, 10 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep it - Everybody starts off small but by the logicality of similar fact evidence his career will most likely only go up from now. His appearances will become more frequent and he is now a main character in a very popular soap opera. HIs profile has been irrevocably boosted. David King 947 (talk) 19:16, 10 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Martin Fowler (EastEnders). The actor has only had one significant role, so fails WP:ENT, and as the article currently stands, there is only one independent source (a tabloid), the other being the actor's personal website, which is not a reliable source. – anemone projectors – 13:25, 11 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Martin Fowler (EastEnders) as no evidence of notability - According to IMDb he has been in a few other stuff but none of them are well-known so for now Redirect looks a better option, Can easily be reverted in 2 or 3 years if his career changes beyond EE. – Davey 2010 Talk 18:59, 16 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Martin Fowler (EastEnders). Fails WP:ENT (for now) and is perhaps a case of WP:TOOSOON. However, the redirect might be helpful to some. BenLinus  1214 talk 22:20, 16 June 2015 (UTC)


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