Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Norman Forbes-Robertson


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The result was keep. Liz Read! Talk! 03:52, 11 April 2022 (UTC)

Norman Forbes-Robertson

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Fails WP:BIO for lack of coverage. Notability is not inherited from his brother. LibStar (talk) 03:40, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete a lack of depth of sources that would actually show that his mentioned actions rise to the level of notability. We do not even have any performance he acted in listed, so there is no indication he was ever in a notable one, let alone had a notable line. The acnedote about him wearing a particular tie is not enough to build notability unless we have multiple sources.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:17, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * @Johnpacklambert Would you mind looking at the sources that I've found below and determining if that sways your !vote? (Note: I have never edited the subject's article or have a vested interest in it. Just an AfD lurker/!voter.) --Kbabej (talk) 18:01, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. While the article doesn't cover it, he was actually an accomplished actor according to the sources I've found. Perhaps the issue is that he acted under the name Norman Forbes, dropping the "Robertson" for acting (source here). He has a lengthy entry under his stage name in the Green Room Book from 1906 (source here); an entry in The Dramatic Peerage from 1892 (source here); Emory University called him a "distinguished Shakespearean" actor who had many roles (source here); the subject appears in the notable 1916 film The Real Thing at Last as King Duncan (source here); and The New York Times covered him being hit by an auto and dying (source here). While the article needs someone to add a lot to it, there's a lot of coverage out there. --Kbabej (talk) 17:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. LibStar (talk) 23:24, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. LibStar (talk) 23:25, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep As mentioned above he was better known as Norman Forbes. He had a couple of obituaries in The Times (30 Sep 1932 & 1 Oct 1932) where he was described as "the distinguished actor" and also The Stage 6 Oct 1932 Piecesofuk (talk) 12:54, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep In addition to the refs above, it looks like a short Associated Press report on his death ran in newspapers across the United States (ex here). Best, GPL93 (talk) 14:27, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Obituaries in major national newspapers have always been considered sufficient for notability. Their criteria for inclusion are a lot more stringent than ours. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:24, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Comment A list of some of his roles can be seen in Who's Who in the Theatre (1925) on pages 338-339 Piecesofuk (talk) 12:10, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Need to add some better source. Spkabil (talk) 15:35, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep Obits in The Times and The Stage are enough to pass WP:GNG. Edwardx (talk) 13:51, 7 April 2022 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.