Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Cotter (Actor)


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The result was   delete. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

James Cotter (Actor)

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Fails WP:ENT. Productions not notable. Minor local coverage. jsfouche &#9789;&#9790;   talk  13:30, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable student/actor. No significant coverage found.--Michig (talk) 14:50, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. To be fair, he's got further than your average student actor if he's got walk-on roles in Bill Kenwright productions, but it's still a long way from WP:NACTOR. The key factor is "1. Has had significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions." All of the appearance in the article seem to be either thoroughly non-notable productions, or extremely minor roles in notable productions. I did find this article, but that also looks self-published. I don't blame any artist for wanting to publicise their work - after all, that's how most successful artists started - but Wikipedia isn't the place to do this. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 08:34, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:15, 23 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Almost fully primary sourced/self published. No major sources outside of that.  --Dirk Beetstra T  C 13:16, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Help What other sources could I get to verify my work? I appreciate your views and I’m hoping to work with a few of you on improving the article. User:Cotterj99 (talk) 14:11, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid it's most likely there's nothing you can do. Simply proving the information in the article is correct is not enough - the consensus here is that the current level of appearances isn't enough to meet notability. You will need to either demonstrate significant coverage in reliable sources (we are probably talking about coverage in reviews in national newspapers) or show that the roles you have been in were significant roles in multiple films/plays etc. If you can't, then this article is not appropriate for Wikipedia no matter how it's written. Also, writing articles about yourself is generally a bad idea. WP:LUC WP:AUTO and WP:PROUD are good places to read why. Chris Neville-Smith (talk) 18:04, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
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