Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike L. Murphy


 * 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   no consensus. Skomorokh, barbarian  15:57, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Mike L. Murphy

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Appears to be a vanity page written by the subject himself. Not referenced properly and fails WP:RS and WP:N on a number of points. IMDB shows he was a senior animator for Weta Digital on Lord of the Rings, but that in and of itself does not automatically equal notability, otherwise we'd have articles on every single member of the crew. Laval (talk) 11:22, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Lone contribution from an SPA, might have been Murphy himself. He created a short film that won first place at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, which may or may not qualify under WP:FILM, although I suspect that it wouldn't in the absence of reviews. Mandsford (talk) 14:22, 22 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. B.Rossow talk contr 18:10, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:47, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep and send to cleanup for a major sandblasting to address style concerns. An aawrd winning director and animator is a decent assertion of notability and is sourcable. But yes... the article needs a shave and a haircut. MichaelQSchmidt (talk) 06:45, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Not really. One short film that won an award but was never written about or reviewed in any publication (per WP:RS) doesn't qualify one as being notable. In fact, there doesn't appear to be anything about him written in any reliable sources other than a short snippet in Variety about a film that doesn't seem to have gotten off the ground (and no info on it at IMDB either). Since there are literally no reliable sources to draw information from, it's really a non-issue. Laval (talk) 07:26, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep but the article needs major cleanup for style, format, etc., as noted above. The subject is not really a "director" as most of us would define it, but a visual effects designer, and he has won awards for that.  If any animation designer can be notable, then he probably is as notable as one such person can be today. Bearian (talk) 17:47, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Skomorokh,  barbarian  22:42, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW ( Talk ) 16:16, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Weak keep Commment yes - but it desperately needs copyediting and proper footnotes. I'd lean towards keeping if the assertions can be verified. The stub is not in any decent condition yet. Bearian (talk) 15:55, 15 October 2009 (UTC)  Yes, I know, this is a second comment. Bearian (talk) 15:56, 15 October 2009 (UTC)


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