Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jerry Newport


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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 22:38, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Jerry Newport

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Fails WP:GNG. The only source cited is IMDB, which Wikipedia does not recognize as a reliable secondary source. I could not find any secondary sources about the subject of this article, only a few primary sources; this makes it impossible to write an article about him that isn't sourced exclusively from statements he has made about himself and statements made by people and groups with which he is associated. Furthermore, the article reads like a press release. JMB1980 (talk) 22:48, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Lots of hits in GNewspapers in 1996 about what looks like the movie talked about here in 2005. I think the dates given in the article are wrong. Sort of GNG, depending on what the articles are about. Oaktree b (talk) 23:25, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment Those articles seem to be about the movie and not about him. An article about the movie that briefly mentions him would not qualify as the "significant coverage" required to meet WP:GNG criteria. My understanding is that he wasn't directly involved with the movie, but the screenwriter may have been inspired to write it based on an article (presumably written by or about Jerry Newport); this is claimed in the Wikipedia page about the movie, but no source is cited to confirm it.JMB1980 (talk) 19:14, 1 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Arizona.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:26, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete fails notability. -Roxy the dog 09:06, 2 December 2022 (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.