Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick Varnell


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The result was   delete. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:43, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Patrick Varnell

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Fails to meet the requirements for biographical articles. The film career of this comedian is too thin (a minor part in a B-movie and another one in a single episode of a cable show) for the requirements of WP:NACTOR and I cannot find reliable sources that discuss him in any sort of detail. The current references in the article are to databases that confirm the birth and death of someone named Patrick Varnell but there's no way to connect that to this actor/comedian. Pichpich (talk) 19:53, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

A quick Google search of Patrick Varnell will bring up 'Patrick Varnell The Stick' automatically. Although he has only appeared in one movie and TV show, the character has become a cult favourite and people on the Internet are trying to find out details of his life and death — Preceding unsigned comment added by Travisbickle87 (talk • contribs) 20:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * You say that "A quick Google search of Patrick Varnell will bring up 'Patrick Varnell The Stick'". Surprisingly enough that appears to be true. However what follows is (on my computer) a grand total of seven links, two of which are his Wikipedia bio and the Wiki article on the film, three are to an identical tumblr comment and the last two are a french review of the film where his name is mentioned. What we are looking for is in-depth coverage in reliable sources so Internet chatter isn't sufficient. Pichpich (talk) 20:20, 2 July 2012 (UTC)

If the article was to be deleted, would you be able to keep the details on the Student Bodies page? (birthdate and date of death) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Travisbickle87 (talk • contribs) 22:35, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * As it stands, I would say no because the sources are weak and not explicitly connected to the comedian. Every bit of information on Wikipedia should be verifiable through reliable sources. Without these the speculation about his date of birth and death will need to stay in chat rooms. Pichpich (talk) 22:54, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete Not enough good referencesHairy poker monster (talk) 08:19, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete as lacking significant coverage in independent reliable third party sources, as required by WP:GNG. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:55, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
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