Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Dybas


 * 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 move to Draft space at Draft:James Dybas. Consensus is that is not notable in Wikipedia's sense (or, at least, notability has not been demonstrated) but may become so. JohnCD (talk) 20:11, 22 November 2015 (UTC)

James Dybas

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Regional theatre and understudy minor roles. It seems borderline WP:NACTOR or just non notable. Lots of sources, but not multiple major roles per that N. Widefox ; talk 21:55, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Specifically: WP:BASIC - no: lack of sources about him
 * WP:NACTOR - 1. "significant roles in multiple notable" no, minor roles 2. not asserted 3. not asserted Widefox ; talk 00:49, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Have to agree with others that it is a shame as it's good work, and quick too! Also highlight the AfC/draft/userfy option. (if I'm allowed to as nom) Widefox ; talk 23:55, 13 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Comment (creator's): The initial listing of his credits included understudy work. This was actually my error when I was listing his credits and is not an accurate reflection of this person's career. If you look at his Playbill listing, he has 18 Performer - Originals credits listed. That means he was in the cast of the show, full stop. Not Understudy. He was listed as Understudy only 7 times. BrillLyle (talk) 22:13, 5 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Updated, but still fails N as currently written. Simple question - what major roles/thing is he notable for? Widefox ; talk 00:49, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I've worked on this entry, adding a lot more information. Could you review the entry and let me know your thoughts? Thanks so much. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 20:07, 7 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Doesn't have the parts he played now, so just assuming it's still minor parts failing WP:NACTOR. you didn't answer - what part of NACTOR does he satisfy? and for which roles? Else this looks like a run-of-the-mill. Widefox ; talk 20:37, 7 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete, but consider WP:USERFY. Fails notability, but it's a lot of good work and maybe he'll be notable one day, so I encourage creator, User:BrillLyle, to ask for userfication. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 05:10, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor Talk! 07:32, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete for now unfortunately but draft & userfy until a better article is available. SwisterTwister   talk  08:34, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * I understand the consensus so far, but as someone who goes to a lot of theater and has worked in theater, Wikipedia's entries on subjects related to the field are truly shameful and underdeveloped. I think if there was better representation of theater this long-time actor would be fine. Also, big concern here is that it doesn't seem like any Wikipedia editors who might specialize in theater have seen and/or chimed in on this. I'm no expert but I think that a theater expert might disagree with the basis for this evaluation, and would support keeping article. Thanks so much for your kind attention to this issue. -- Erika aka BrillLyle (talk) 15:53, 16 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Move to draft space because it obviously needs some work, primarily separating out the major and the minor roles, or at least specifing for the major roles what the role in the production actually was.  DGG ( talk ) 01:18, 21 November 2015 (UTC)


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