Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Todd Starke


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The result was delete and redirect to The Doris Day Show. The consensus is that having one role (albeit a major role) does not make an actor indepently notable according to the guidelines.  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 12:54, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Todd Starke

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Delete: sweet child actor; tragic untimely death, but not notable as an actor. Sorry. Quis separabit? 03:51, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep I think he does pass WP:NACTOR, The Doris Day Show was nominated for 2 golden globes and he played one of the most important roles in the show according to our own article on the subject and the imdb page: . AlessandroTiandelli333 (talk) 12:27, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:31, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
 * @Shawn in Montreal -- that is ridiculous. He did nothing before the Doris Day Show and made one appearance on Adam-12 afterwards, then nothing. Quis separabit?  18:19, 5 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete or redirect to The Doris Day Show. One middling series isn't enough to satisfy NACTOR. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:02, 6 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete (then redirect to The Doris Day Show), as per Clarityfiend – definitely fails WP:NACTOR. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 18:44, 7 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947  05:03, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep IMDB is a reliable secondary source, and as a regular on 75 episodes of the Doris Day Show with ~13 million viewers according to Nielsen he passes WP:NACTOR. And though it's apples and oranges, that seems a lot more notable than the articles about micro towns of population <100 that are all over Wikipedia.Jwray (talk) 07:23, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Firstly, IMDb is not a "reliable secondary source" – see WP:RS/IMDb and WP:Citing IMDb. Second, WP:NACTOR is very clear that multiple significant roles are required – The Doris Day Show gets the article subject to just one. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:47, 14 March 2017 (UTC)
 * 75 episodes is "multiple significant roles". This rule seems intended to exclude e.g. a guy who played an alien one episode of star trek, rather than core characters on popular long running series. If Levar Burton had no other role besides Geordi on Star Trek TNG, he would still be notable. Jwray (talk) 04:33, 15 March 2017 (UTC)
 * @Jwray - this is nonsense; there is no comparison between Starke (whose tragic early death does not confer notability) and LeVar Burton. As far as "If Levar Burton had no other role besides Geordi on Star Trek TNG, he would still be notable" -- that's your personal opinion. Wikipedia is not a memorial site for long forgotten child actors whose careers could fit on an index card. Quis separabit?  03:18, 17 March 2017 (UTC)
 * is quite right – this is an absurd reading of WP:NACTOR. Starke's part on The Doris Day Show is a single role. Yes, it's a "main role", which does count as "one significant role", but that would be true if it were 13 episodes, or 200 episodes – either way, it's one role. WP:NACTOR demands multiple "significant" roles. The Doris Day Show gets this subject to only one significant role. This article should be deleted, and then replaced with a redirect to The Doris Day Show. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:13, 19 March 2017 (UTC)


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