Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Schaller


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The result was   delete. (soft). The main policy/guideline-based concerns raised are notability of entertainers (ENTERTAINER) and lack of substantial, reliable, independent sourcing for verifying an assertion to notability. slakr \ talk / 03:24, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Kevin Schaller

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Non-notable magician. While there are lots of links to be found about this guy, they all appear to be self-promotion. Nothing independent to be found. WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 14:31, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
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The links posted in references are indepedent. For example; the website listed with his products is the biggest magic shop world wide and not run / moderated by Kevin. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MagicContinental (talk • contribs) 20:59, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment Links posted actually aren't independent. While Schaller does not control or moderate All About Magicians, he surely wrote his own biography for that site, where he sells his wares.  Just because someone sells their goods at a magic shop, that doesn't make them a notable magician.  The other sources are equally not independent: a video on Vimeo (posted by the subject himself) of a radio interview (not indicating which radio station or program broadcast the interview), and DVDs produced by the subject himself.  WikiDan61 ChatMe!ReadMe!! 21:11, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

You may be right about this All About Magicians website, I dont actually know. However I can tell you that not everyone can sell magic at magic shops and the DVDs are not produced by the subject himself, but by popular magic companies. (They may not be known outside of magic, but if you are a magician you will know about their popularity, if not research will proof. (i.e. Full52 Magic Productions) Just had to add this to this discussion; the final decision is still up to you - the administrators. 178.4.242.118 (talk) 16:42, 15 May 2014 (UTC) 
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔  00:34, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Weak delete - It is entirely possible that this individual is important, but the criteria is not importance or even creativity... it is whether he has done something that third party sources have written about, and none are cited. Even his IMDB profile lists only one production and it was one that he wrote himself.  Other people have to write about him for the subject to be considered notable. In the future, he may be notable, but just not now.  The article borders on self-promotion. Nickmalik (talk) 20:58, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 10:43, 30 May 2014 (UTC)




 * @Nickmalik: You wrote "IMDB profile lists only one production and it was one that he wrote himself". Makes no sense; Tom Six i.e. has written the movie "Human Centipede" himself and it is still notable. Only because someone wrote something himself does not make it irrelevant; someone always has to offer an idea and write it before it goes into production.178.4.253.229 (talk) 14:38, 1 June 2014 (UTC)


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 * Additionally, the discussion is not about whether an idea is relevant or not. His ideas may be interesting yet not notable.  The discussion is about whether he is notable.  There are specific criteria in Wikipedia Notability Guidelines.  There needs to be evidence not of his work, but of the impact that his work has had on other people.  The film is not notable in itself and the fact that he wrote the film and performed in it does not make the subject notable.  For criteria of a notable film, see Wikipedia Film Notability Guidelines.  Please review those criteria and comment on the basis of them.  But it's still a delete in my opinion. Nickmalik (talk) 06:24, 2 June 2014 (UTC)
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