Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leslie Urdang


 * 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The result was   Keep - nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure). Whpq (talk) 15:54, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Leslie Urdang

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Unsourced BLP in existence since 2009. Creator hasn't done much outside of Leslie Urdang. Not sure on the notability of her production credits. Raymie (t • c) 04:19, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 16:39, 22 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 29 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Note The AfD was not relisted with the right date. It only appeared under August 22, not August 29. Please add an extra day to the second part of this AfD. Raymie (t • c) 14:28, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 18:47, 30 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep and send to cleanup. A pity that the article has not received the wikilove it deserves, as the subject is indeed covered in independent sources. For example, a quck look finds Boston Globe speaking toward the filmmaker when writing "Veteran Los Angeles film producer Leslie Urdang stands among the most fortunate independent filmmakers." and The New York Times writing "Leslie Urdang and her colleagues have been tapping the talent of New York's theater community..." and also "Leslie Urdang was going to be a senator, until she got a job with one."  And there are many more such that speak about the person directly and in some detail.  That a filmmaker and her work are written about in  multiple sources shows notability per WP:GNG and WP:CREATIVE. Sure the article needs work, but lack of work is not a decent reason to delete what can be addressed through normal editing, specially as recognition of notability requires only the existence of suitable independent, reliable sources, not their immediate citation.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 22:02, 30 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Update: Much preliminary cleanup and sourcing now accomplished.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 05:59, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Withdraw nom per work done on above. Most of the reason I AfD'd it instead of a tag is because it was an unsourced BLP. The notability is addressed now as well. Raymie (t • c) 14:20, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
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