Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Romaine Waite


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The result was no consensus.  Sandstein  12:10, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Romaine Waite

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Poorly referenced WP:BLP of an actor "notable" primarily for supporting or bit parts rather than major roles. As always, actors do not get an automatic free pass over WP:NACTOR just because the article lists roles -- the notability clincher is not in the list of roles, but in the depth of reliable source coverage about him that can be shown to get him over WP:GNG for having roles. But the sources shown here are not reliable or notability-supporting ones: right across the board, it's referenced to blogs and primary sources and glancing namechecks of his existence in coverage that isn't about him. Every single footnote here is a complete and total non-starter in terms of establishing an actor's notability -- the ones that are about him are unreliable sources, and the ones that are reliable sources aren't about him. Bearcat (talk) 16:19, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 18:07, 29 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 18:07, 29 April 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   07:36, 7 May 2018 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   08:37, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep kond of borderline but seems to have enough significant roles in series to warrant inclusion. FloridaArmy (talk) 19:36, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
 * There is no number of roles that ever hands any actor a free exemption from having to have enough reliable source coverage in media to clear WP:GNG for the having of roles. Notability for an actor is a question of counting the number of quality sources that are present to support the content, not of counting the number of roles he's had while handwaving the sourcing issues away. Bearcat (talk) 00:26, 15 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete - many of the sources are either OR, mentions, dead links or seriously non-reliable. However a couple are merely questionable sources - I don't believe they are sufficiently acceptable to be viable as suitable sources, but they aren't a million miles off. Obviously there are a lot of mentions around both in article and on a BEFORE sweep. This does give the significant possibility that there is a proper source somewhere. Nosebagbear (talk) 13:14, 17 May 2018 (UTC)


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