Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tracy Coogan


 * 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   '''Speedy keep. I'm retracting the nomination: kudos for the cleanup.'''. Pascal.Tesson (talk) 22:10, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Tracy Coogan

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Multiple concerns. First, despite hard work by User:Gwen Gale, the content is still a copyright violation of the text on this actress' website. Secondly, her notability is... let's say limited. Third, the article was written by a single-purpose account and was most recently edited by a user with the ominous name  who, incidentally, added to the talk page of the article, and I quote, "new up coming actress! you tube links deleted. please advise." Pascal.Tesson (talk) 21:48, 15 September 2008 (UTC) Pascal.Tesson (talk) 21:48, 15 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

Keep First, no way is this a copyvio. They seem to have liked the Wikipedia text I wrote from scratch and swiped it for themselves. Yes, there has been COI but that's always been reverted straight off. As for notability and coverage, I agree it's borderline but she did star in a noted independent film. Gwen Gale (talk) 05:05, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete Keep I'm failing to see the notability and verifiability of the subject (though the Meath Chronicle article is a good start... though technically may be classed as "local" coverage). I can't work out which notable independent film this actress starred in either. I'll gladly change my mind if we can sort out the verifiability and notability stuff. Jasynnash2 (talk) 08:59, 16 September 2008 (UTC)


 * The film was Zombie Honeymoon. Gwen Gale (talk) 09:36, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * There is also this Fangoria article about her (again, we know notability here is borderline). Gwen Gale (talk) 10:07, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay I've added both to references but, I'm still thinking it needs confirmation of the award and that she was the "star" of the film and what not. Jasynnash2 (talk) 10:30, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * What award is that (can't find one)? Note that the nom (Pascal.Tesson) deleted Zombie Honeymoon as a copyvio yesterday (it was a stub and indeed seems to have been copied straight from IMdB, so I understand how he would have thought this too was a copyvio). She's first in the cast list on the IMdB listing. Gwen Gale (talk) 10:52, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The award that is listed at the IMdb artile you linked to above. 1st in the cast list at IMdb means nothing to me (I don't see IMdb as reliable enough on its own for this stuff). We need something more substantial in the long run. Jasynnash2 (talk) 11:07, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I've added a cite for the 2006 Chainsaw award (best low budget horror film). Gwen Gale (talk) 11:24, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * The rotten tomatoes review lists her as a star of the film, though I don't edit enough articles about recent films to know if RT is taken as reliable by film article editors? Gwen Gale (talk) 11:26, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added a New York Times review which clearly refers to Coogan as having a leading role (and singles out her performance). Gwen Gale (talk) 11:33, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
 * works for me. Now if only we could get others to get similar articles up to snuff. Jasynnash2 (talk) 11:59, 16 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep per impressive cleanup job above, satisfying WP:V and WP:N. gnfnrf (talk) 21:39, 16 September 2008 (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.