Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stephen Porter (director)


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The result was   keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure) NuclearWarfare  ( Talk ) 20:48, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Stephen Porter (director)

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Does not meet the requirements set in Notability (people). More specifically, under the guidelines in Creative Professionals, the subject is not widely cited by peers or successors, the subject did not create a new concept, etc., the subject's works have not been covered in enough independent sources to warrant notability, the subject's work is not (a) a significant monument (unless award nominations count in this category), (b) been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has not received enough "critical attention," or (d) "represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums. If more reliable, independent sources can be presented in this discussion reconsideration is in order, but my current research has not turned up enough reliable material besides database references to this particular "Stephen Porter's" award nominations and bio. Spring12 (talk) 17:40, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Obvious keep. Tony Award nominations are significant in terms of establishing points (b) and (c). A production nominated for a major award establishes that the creative work is "a significant exhibition" (in this case a theatrical exhibition) and that the production and those involved with it are certain to have been reviewed by major newspapers, etc. As the director of multiple notable productions Porter is a notable director. Further Porter himself has been personally Tony Award nominated for "Best Director" which clearly establishes notability. This is really not a well thought out AFD nomination. The solution on the part of the nominator should have been to either tag the article as unreferenced or to have gone out found references. Nrswanson (talk) 17:54, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep, speedy close, disruptive nomination. Subject is unmistakeably notable. Nominator's rationale is nonsense. Everybody should know that Broadway plays are reviewed in major magazines and newspapers. So just find the 3d party references. Completely unsuitable action. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 18:51, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep per above. As for supposed research by Spring12, the New York Times alone has several hundred articles related Stephen Porter, including about a dozen with his name in the article's title. Doesn't seem like an even remotely extensive or intelligent search to me on the part of Spring12. Broadweighbabe (talk) 19:09, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Pburka (talk) 19:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


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