Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Earle (2nd nomination)


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The result was redirect‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to List of Degrassi: The Next Generation characters. Liz Read! Talk! 20:18, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Sam Earle
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WP:BLP of an actor, not properly referenced as passing WP:NACTOR. As always, actors are not automatically notable enough for Wikipedia articles just because they exist -- the notability test isn't in listing acting roles, it's in the volume and depth of GNG-worthy third-party coverage about them and their roles that can be shown to support the article with. But the references here aren't GNG-building coverage: it's referenced mainly to unreliable sources (gossip blogs, press releases from theatres self-announcing the casts of their own plays, etc.) that are not support for notability, and the only GNG-worthy citations in the mix (two cites to Now) both just briefly glance off Sam's existence while being about his father, and thus aren't helping to establish Sam's notability at all. It also warrants note that this was just recreated in the past few days after having previously spent several years as a mere redirect to a character list for the TV series that constitutes his most potentially notable role, but even redirecting an actor to a TV series isn't normally the preferred way to handle articles about actors either. Nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to be referenced much, much better than this. Bearcat (talk) 16:32, 25 March 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 22:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 22:53, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and Canada. Bearcat (talk) 16:32, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and Theatre.  WC  Quidditch   ☎   ✎  19:38, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete: Clearly fails WP:ENTERTAINER IMO.
 * WikiMane11 (talk) 00:21, 9 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Comments. I'm surprised there's not SIGCOV, because he appeared in 71 episodes of Canada's biggest dramedy of my life. Has anyone attempted to find find more obscure sources? Can we redirect instead of deletion? Bearian (talk) 14:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of Degrassi: The Next Generation characters: I searched but found only brief mentions or trivial coverage. S0091 (talk) 15:02, 14 April 2024 (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.