Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leslie Landau


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The result was keep. It seems clear that there is no consensus to delete this as the !voting is unanimous for keep, the !voters are experienced editors and it has been relisted twice already. Andrew🐉(talk) 09:54, 3 January 2021 (UTC) (non-admin closure) Andrew🐉(talk) 09:54, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Leslie Landau

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No indication of passing WP:NCREATIVE or WP:BASIC. IMDB and BFI list minimal credits and nothing else. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 04:54, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
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 * Comment. The article has been substantially expanded by since I nominated it. I'm afraid I still don't quite see notability, although it seems that there is now a reasonable case for WP:NAUTHOR based on Landau's work as a playwright. I'll leave it to the community to decide. AleatoryPonderings (???) (!!!) 17:54, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep per improvements mentioned above. DiamondRemley39 (talk) 23:54, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment. This article has been further expanded by with more citations and reference to Landau being a news editor at British Movietone prior to pursuing film (fiction / mystery genre) as a producer, as well as script editor. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adin-Atherton (talk • contribs)
 * Comment - I have a slight concern that the article lists a posthumous TV credit for My Brother Jonathan a TV series which it dates to 1984. In fact this series was broadcast in 1985 (and not 1983 and 1985 as claimed elsewhere in the article). Landau did co-write the script for the 1948 film version of My Brother Jonathan as noted elsewhere in the article, but the TV adaptation of the original novel My Brother Jonathan (which Landau did not write) is a different adaptation which he does not seem to have been associated with. The reference cites a 1983 broadcast, but if you follow the source it is clear that this was a 1983 BBC broadcast of the 1948 film and had nothing to do with the 1985 TV series. Thus this TV credit possibly does not exist. Dunarc (talk) 23:53, 21 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I see this credit has now been removed. Dunarc (talk) 20:28, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment. This article has been further expanded by with a new biographical citation. I wish to emphasise that the Anglo-Jewish community has recognized Leslie Landau for his work. Otherwise he wouldn’t be in a contemporary book. Laudau is notable for this very reason, as well as tangible effort: Access to King George VI for a “first of its type” documentary, shown throughout the former British Empire. His other achievements: multiple films and the arts in the mystery/crime category. It’s all there. His progression within the British news media (Movietone News) prior to WW2 (as a religious minority and a young man) is significant. This was all somehow possible within a conservative led tightly controlled news outlet.... It would have been a perilous journey for Landau to keep editorial control in a competitive industry, let alone his job faced with anti-semitism at all levels on a daily basis. Landau was part of visual news reporting heritage of the 1930’s (it’s infancy); informing and influencing the minds of British citizen during very uncertain times. Landau remained a loyal citizen of the United Kingdom. This is evident by his actions in returning to London in 1939. The new citation (at the start of career) highlights his war propaganda efforts. I will investigate and bring this to life once I have the facts.Adin-Atherton
 * Keep Having looked at this a few times now, and while I think there is scope for the article to be developed further, it does now seem to me to demonstrate that Leslie Landau had a notable enough career for it to be appropriate and useful for him to be the subject of a Wikipedia article. Dunarc (talk) 20:28, 23 December 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 00:21, 27 December 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: There are a lot of assertions of notability here, and not much evidence of how the nomination statement is no longer true.
 * Keep Expanded article seems to meet notability criteria. Autarch (talk) 00:14, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vanamonde (Talk) 01:44, 3 January 2021 (UTC)


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