Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Ingram (writer/actor)


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The result was keep. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 08:40, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

William Ingram (writer/actor)

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Despite the significance roles he has given, it fails the notability guideline due to lack of lead roles. Sheldybett (talk) 12:42, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep, WP:NACTOR doesn't call for leading roles, simply "significant roles", and his roles in Target Luna and Night Must Fall accomplish that. In addition, his writing accomplishments also meet WP:NAUTHOR. Onel 5969  TT me 13:24, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep. I think writing The District Nurse carries him over the bar at WP:AUTHOR. But there is other notable work,  only time and good searches are needed.  searches are difficult because William Ingram is a very common name.  Searching "william Ingram" + BBC, I find some, brief RS stuff like: (We're talking Welsh, my boyo, and I don't mean Irvine, Mourby, Adrian. New Statesman; London Vol. 9, Iss. 411,  (Jul 12, 1996): 42. When the Sherman Theatre Company staged The Government Inspector William Ingram rewrote it for a valleys setting."),   Searching William + Ingram + Playwright did better. (IRIS MURDOCH'S "THE SANDCASTLE" on ITV Bourne, Richard The Guardian (1959-2003); Apr 10, 1963; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Guardian and The Observer pg. 9; "The Sandcastle last night, ATV production adapted by William Ingram..."  adaptation of a novel.); a brief review: (the week's radio reviewed by GILLIAN REYNOLDS, Reynolds, Gillian. The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) [London (UK)]19 Dec 1970: 6. "Stop Off by William Ingram had the fashionable Freeid Jones as a kind of mystical trmp who tries in vain...); a long review: (IRIS MURDOCH'S "THE SANDCASTLE" on ITV Bourne, Richard. The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) [London (UK)]10 Apr 1963: 9. "  actually, I'll just add the longer review to the page. I also get hundreds of schedule pages from seemingly every British newspapers with entries like  ("Afternoon Theatre, ''Darts With the Boys," by William Ingram, 4:35).  A prolific writer of material for TV, some of which is notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:02, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. If kept, needs to be renamed to William Ingram (writer). We don't use double disambiguation and this seems to have been his primary claim to fame. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:09, 10 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Good point. I went ahead and moved the page.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:56, 10 July 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   07:50, 16 July 2019 (UTC)
 * *Keep. Significant roles in Target Luna and Night Must Fall CharlenePho (talk) 10:29, 16 July 2019 (UTC)


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