Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/T. Rafael Cimino


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:31, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

T. Rafael Cimino

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I believe this is part of a hoax perpetrated to advance the notability of this individual. It was brought to my attention from the article Mid Ocean (now redirected), which contained a quote from the New York Times. A subsequent search of the New York Times' archives revealed nothing on this book, and nothing on this author.

Statements of notability made in this article and evidence to the contrary:
 * According to IMDB, was not a contributing writer/producer for Lost in Translation.
 * Not a contributing writer/producer for A Love Song for Bobby Long..
 * Not a contributing writer/associate producer for The Other Boleyn Girl.
 * Not a contributor to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
 * Not a writer (or marine director) for Miami Vice.
 * "The New York Times described Mid Ocean as 'Miami Vice meets Goodfellas'". As stated above, nothing in the archives to confirm this.
 * Cannot find any reliable information on the publisher of his novel Mid Ocean (BMG Publishing Group of Fort Lauderdale), nor any reviews. I also cannot find any reviews for is other ebook, Table 21.

I cannot find any Google hits on this individual that are not primary sources, spam or wikis, and no Gnews hits.

Akula Films appears to be a company of Cimino's own making, with no releases to date.

PendulumPost.com does exist, and he is listed there as a "Founding Member", but the website itself has no established notability.

Statements possibly establishing notability: Steamroller Assault (talk) 20:59, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I cannot confirm or refute the claim that Cimino won the APBA Offshore U. S. National Championship in 1982.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions.  —Steamroller Assault (talk) 21:49, 10 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as BLP violation. Asserted within the article are facts about association with notable films which cannot be properly verified. While yes, he may have written (at least) two books, searches show that these do not have the acclaim that the article asserts. Fails WP:GNG. Fails WP:ENT. Fails WP:CREATIVE. Fails WP:BIO.  Schmidt,  MICHAEL Q. 23:02, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:17, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 01:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete BLP. While he did author a book [1 ], he does not pass WP:NN. He was also not involved in any episodes of Miami Vice. Either way - it is certainly not worthy of a WP mention. Srobak (talk) 03:35, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, assertions are not supported by WP:Reliable sources. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 16:18, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unable to find verification of the claims, nor any significant results about the subject - frankie (talk) 16:25, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: According to imdb at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1975915/, there is a movie version of Mid-Ocean in development with a $42 million budget. Interestingly enough, though, the plot of the supposed movie was written by "Andrea M. Cary", who has no other edits to imdb and seems to be the same as .  The Mark of the Beast (talk) 20:04, 11 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Further comments: 1-There are many reviews of Cimino's books on Amazon, but, amazingly, every single one of the reviewers which I checked out has only ever reviewed Cimino's books (one of them is by Andi Cary). 2-His books are published by "BMG Publishing Group", whose address is 5810 n monroe st bldg 400s; tallahassee,FL 32303, that is a "virtual office".  I can't find a website for them anywhere.  3- the akula films website lists Cimino as "the youngest member of the Cimino Family of American film producers".  This reminds me of Rikki Lee Travolta.  The Mark of the Beast (talk) 05:52, 12 August 2011 (UTC)
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