Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Van Patten


 * 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 draftify‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. ✗ plicit  11:05, 23 January 2024 (UTC)

James Van Patten

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Literally, all sources here are WP:IMDb. The only WP:INDEPENDENT source here is the Chicago Sun-Times piece, but that is clearly not WP:SIGCOV as it's about his brother, Vince Van Patten. TLA (talk) 08:00, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Draftify and delete the redirect for now. The article just isn't ready for mainspace, so draftifying will allow more time for sources to be added, and for the article to be rewritten as an encyclopedia article rather than a CV or headshot bio, after which it can be moved to mainspace if there is sufficient significant coverage in reliable secondary sources per WP:BIO. In any case, the redirect should not be allowed to stand, as it seems possibly the living person himself is quite frustrated with the redirect to his father's page. James and/or his representatives are advised to read WP:AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Cielquiparle (talk) 09:11, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and United States of America.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  11:52, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Draftify The guy has a 50 year career as a bit-part actor, right back to the start of the 1970's. There should be plenty of coverage on him somewhere, sufficient to create a small biographical article, but certainly at the moment there is no indication of significance. It can't remain in mainspace. Drafting seems the reasonable choice.    scope_creep Talk  12:40, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Draftify Needs family background, considering he comes from a distinguished family of actors. He is the youngest son of actor Dick Van Patten. — Maile (talk) 13:18, 16 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment I was able to find some coverage on him. 1a, 1b, 2. It would seem most of his credits were small parts, but some seem significant, such as the movies The Graduates of Malibu High aka Young Warriors 3, Roller Boogie and the TV series The Chisholms might be just enough to get him over the actor notability guidelines. GoldenAgeFan1 (talk) 08:47, 19 January 2024 (UTC)


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