Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rory O'Connor (filmmaker)


 * 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 keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. ✗ plicit  14:34, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Rory O'Connor (filmmaker)

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I couldn't establish that this meets WP:BIO or WP:GNG. It has been in CAT:NN for 14 years; hopefully we can now resolve this. Boleyn (talk) 20:19, 18 January 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 23:08, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Journalism,  and New York.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 20:28, 18 January 2024 (UTC)
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 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Comment. He seems to be some kind of newspaper editor and film/TV producer, both of which are quite ordinary. If you can show additional significant coverage about'' him, please do add more, and alert the media. This is a common name, so searches of social media and the Internet show lots of men with similar names. If it's the same person, his LinkedIn account reveals that we have at least 5 connections in common, one of which is, which is why I'm not !voting. Bearian (talk) 20:27, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep The article isn't in great shape, but the awards over the course of his career demonstrate notability within his profession. 20:34, 31 January 2024 (UTC)Thriley (talk)
 * Keep Keep for essentially the same reasons given by Thriley, supra. One problem here is that he's identified as "filmmaker" when properly his description should be "journalist" (encompassing both print and television journalism). His bio link on Amazon is in some ways more helpful than his LinkedIn page. It's here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001JS90BC/about . MikeGodwin (talk) 20:53, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. Thriley (talk) 20:41, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep Orwell Award and George Polk Awards are notable awards he has won, plus the documentaries he did to win them are thus notable for winning notable awards. WP:ANYBIO number 1 for the awards.  D r e a m Focus  22:50, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Keep His biography is impressive actually. This would be no problem to turn into a good quality article, should anyone want to take the time. It's very easy, look for reviews of the works he was involved in, and quote the reviews about the works. This is the gold standard of artistic notability on Wikipedia, reviews of works. His name is common, it's hard to search, but search on his name + one of his more famous works, and viola, interesting results. The awards alone tell us not to hastily delete the article. I think the COI and some other tags are not required any longer. Anyway problems it may have, but these are not AfD-level problems. -- Green  C  03:30, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Comment I search for "George Polk Award" and his name and find no evidence. The Wikipedia article for List of George Polk Award winners doesn't list him and a search for site:https://www.liu.edu/ "Rory O'Connor" to search their official website doesn't list him anywhere.   D r e a m Focus  07:01, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * It appears that Globalvision, which O’Connor is president of, was given the award. it seems to have been a small organization at the time so it is sensible to say he won the award, or at least was part of the staff that won it. Thriley (talk) 07:14, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I just made a draft for the program: Draft:South Africa Now. Exactly the type of subject that is underrepresented on Wikipedia. Thriley (talk) 07:23, 1 February 2024 (UTC)


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