Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Bowman


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The result was   delete. KTC (talk) 20:21, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Michael Bowman

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Completing nomination on behalf of IP editor 82.170.113.123, who posted their rationale on the article's talk page. That rationale is posted verbatim below. On the merits, see my comment below. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 12:21, 28 March 2013 (UTC)

This article really sucks. The References lists a single IMDb page twice, that may not even be the correct page: while that IMDb has an image of him in Me, Myself & Irene, the actual IMDb entry for the Bowman this article is about seems to be this page. In other words, pretty much everything in the Wikipedia article may be a lie, because there's barely a thing in the article and what's there possibly relies on an incorrect IMDb page. Then the notability: this person was in 1 movie. The article claims Bowman was nominated for an award in 2001, but it doesn't even state what the award in question was! It mentions the year of the award, the result (nominated), the film and the role; not the award. So, basically, this article is a single line of text. "Michael Bowman was part of the cast of Me, Myself and Irene." Well, great. I'm an Inclusionist, but this article really is ready for deletion. --82.170.113.123 (talk) 23:41, 27 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. Honestly, I would tend to agree with the nominator on this one. If the subject has had one prominent role (as opposed to a body of work over time), that role has to be truly notable to justify an article, and I'm not convinced that that is the case here. I would also throw out the usual caveats - if Mr. Bowman ends up in a notable role or roles in the future, and if sources are presented to document this, then an article might be appropriate. But we're not there yet. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 12:22, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Also, the award that Mr. Bowman was nominated for appears to be Favorite Supporting Actor at the 2001 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. For those not inclined, that link redirects to the company article, at which the awards are not mentioned. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 12:28, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete using WP:NACTOR as a guide, does not appear to be notable. No multiple roles, one major role. Did receive a arguably notable award nomination. I would, however, argue that the award isn't notable, and he didn't even win it. Roodog2k (talk) 14:17, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The rule of thumb I used for the award was whether we actually have an article for that award - and, in this case, we do not. YMMV, but that nailed it for me. UltraExactZZ Said~ Did 14:32, 28 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. One role, and it's a role that seems to be unimportant. Ducknish (talk) 21:18, 28 March 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete per TOO SOON. While I think the Blockbuster Entertainment Awards are notable enough for us, WP:ANYBIO requires "has been nominated for one several times," and with just that one nomination, this person fails. And too, I agree his singular film role fails WP:ENT. And even if ignoring those SNGs, he fails WP:GNG and thus WP:BASIC.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 08:12, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
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