Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Van Powell


 * 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 keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Sufficient sources in the article and discovered during this AFD to support notability under WP:CREATIVE. (non-admin closure) Skynxnex (talk) 14:37, 17 July 2023 (UTC)

Van Powell

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This article on an American screenwriter is almost entirely unsourced and presents very little evidence of notability (or indeed, for virtually any of the content in the article) - the only verifiable source is the Motion picture news studio directory, which confers zero notability. Although clearly pre-internet, and so harder to source, the presumption of notability is nevertheless absent - a minor figure with a minor role in minor productions. Alexandermcnabb (talk) 06:09, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Literature, Film, United States of America,  and Georgia (U.S. state). Alexandermcnabb (talk) 06:09, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Though the life details of Powell are scarce, his contributions in the early film industry and the popular genre of youth adventure books make him an important figure (and one previously almost forgotten). Let us hope that others will contribute more (and perhaps other sources) to this article. There are many pages with fewer sources and less information that remain on Wikipedia. Strong keep. Jcholaday (talk) 11:46, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Very Strong Keep. Firstly, the page is not "almost entirely unsourced", only the citation style is unclear. Secondly, I am not certain what "minor role" means in the current nomination, but Van Powell is a screenplay writer and I don't call this minor at all, personally. Finally, Van Powell is a very notable personality in at least two domains, cinema and literature: Ardon Van Buren Powell, frequently credited as A. Van Buren Powell, for The Marriage Speculation for example; his contributions are verifiable; for most films credited for screenplay or story, for other for "picturizing" a story (or this kind of catalogues for a 1st check of his 47 film works); he is also a very notable young adult fiction author: easily verifiable ; example or here or here. Last but not least, his Photoplay Synopsis (1919) is also an important book.- MY, OH MY! (mushy yank)  09:38, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed! Jcholaday (talk) 12:46, 10 July 2023 (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.