Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mario Cerrito (3rd nomination)


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The result was keep. Stifle (talk) 10:13, 14 March 2022 (UTC)

Mario Cerrito
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American filmmaker. This article has been variously deleted and salted for non-notability, but its latest incarnation ran into particular trouble at Articles for deletion/Mario Cerrito (2nd nomination), which was plagued by socks and whose "delete" closure was challenged at Deletion review/Log/2022 February 27, where I as the DRV closer decided to re-list the AfD in a hope at a cleaner discussion. Accordingly, this AfD has been protected against editing by new or anonymous accounts. This is a procedural nomination, I am neutral.  Sandstein  07:27, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.   Sandstein   07:27, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
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 * Keep There is enough coverage across the sources when ignoring quotes to satisfy WP:NBIO and WP:GNG in my opinion. NemesisAT (talk) 10:06, 7 March 2022 (UTC)
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 * Comment: I cannot immediately comment on this AfD due to time constraints, but I encourage all editors who can to engage in deep source analysis. Template:SAT can be helpful here. Pilaz (talk) 17:20, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The article notes: "Mario Cerrito was a car salesman. He was also an independent filmmaker with a dream. And he found a way to be both at the same time. ... It was March of 2013 and Cerrito had an idea for a poker movie, so he took advantage of the pacing of his job to work his dream into it. For an entire month, whenever Cerrito wasn’t talking to a customer, he was sitting at his desk, banging out his script on his computer. ... As an amateur poker player from New Jersey who loves the game, Cerrito observed more than his share of those gambling addicts who didn’t know how to manage their bankrolls or when to walk away, and he based his main character on some of them."  The article notes: "In the last five years, the Mantua resident has broken into the film industry as a rising horror film writer, director and producer. His most recent script, “The House in the Pines,” has kept Cerrito’s momentum moving forward. The script was signed off this month by Hollywood horror veteran Mick Strawn ... The 36-year-old Cerrito’s rise as a filmmaker coincides with the time he’s called Mantua home. Born and bred in South Jersey, Cerrito grew up in Audubon and went to high school in Woodstown before settling in Mantua five years ago with his wife, Charmaine, and their now 4-year-old son, Mario Cerrito IV, and his 11-year-old stepdaughter, Summer Schaefer."  The article notes: "Cerrito, an independent filmmaker who was born in South Philly, hit worldwide cult following movie fame with his offering of Human Hibachi in 2019. ... The first Human Hibachi was picked up by Troma Entertainment, which provided a big boost for a low-budget film. Soon after, Cerrito was receiving messages from the far corners of the world about his movie. ... Cerrito had previously produced movies Deadly Gamble (2015) and The Listing (2017), which were filmed in the more traditional style."  The article notes: "As a horror writer, Mario Cerrito III is accustomed to having creepy characters living in his imagination. ... As the months passed, though, every member of the Cerrito household — his wife Charmaine, his 10-year-old stepdaughter Summer, and even 3-year-old Mario IV — experienced strange and increasingly scary phenomena. ... So with no formal film production training and a $10,000 budget, Mario released "Deadly Gamble" in 2015. (Mario has a tattoo on his right wrist with the intials "DG" and the release date 3-24-15 to memorialize the occasion.) ... A second movie, "The Listing," about a successful real-estate agent's nightmarish deal, was marketed at the Marche Du Film at Cannes Film Festival. And his current project, a cult horror flick called "Human Hibachi," is being shot with an iPhone in the handheld-camera style of "The Blair Witch Project.""  The article notes: "Just about 10 years ago, Mario Cerrito — a 2002 Woodstown High School graduate — applied for a position at Creamy Acres' Night of Terror Halloween haunted attraction in Mullica Hill. ... Cerrito’s parents, Mario Jr. and Sheryl, have been behind their son every step of the way." <li> The article notes: "That kid grew up to be Mario Cerrito. With two films under his belt, the Audubon native is currently in the process of finishing up production for his third film, 'Human Hibachi' which is being mainly shot in Riverside"</li> <li>Additional sources from Kelly Roncase of NJ.com with varying levels of coverage (significant coverage to less significant coverage):<ol> <li></li> <li></li> <li></li> <li></li> <li></li> <li></li> </ol></li> </ol>There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Mario Cerrito to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 10:55, 9 March 2022 (UTC) </li></ul>
 * Keep Meets GNG, per the sources listed above by Cunard. ~ EDDY  ( talk / contribs )~ 14:31, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep When I saw that the article had been recreated, I was immediately prepared to push for speedy deletion. Before I did so and after further review of the article, it was clear that Cerrito does have coverage in independent reliable and verifiable sources that is unambiguously about him and his work and that's why I voted Keep at the previous AfD (pre-DRV). The analysis that Cunard did thoroughly summarizes the review that I had done and it is abundantly clear that the notability standard is satisfied. Alansohn (talk) 01:54, 11 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per NemesisAT, Cunard, EDDY and Alansohn. I voted "keep" in the previous AfD and Cunard's lengthy and abundant research has confirmed that Mario Cerrito is indeed sufficiently notable to have a Wikipedia entry. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 21:48, 12 March 2022 (UTC)


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