Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clint Eastwood at the 2012 Republican National Convention (2nd nomination)

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The result was speedy keep‎. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 17:00, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Clint Eastwood at the 2012 Republican National Convention[edit]

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This is a WP:NOTNEWS item. There is an article about the Political life of Clint Eastwood so I wouldn't have a problem with merge, although I think we should delete. Desertarun (talk) 09:57, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Events, Politics, and Florida. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:04, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Of course it wasn't a speech, but he certainty made the news afterwards. He was there for his entertainment value. It was an Eastwood performance, what he does so well, this time at a political convention. It was possibly more remembered than anything else that happened at the convention that night. As such, he did what he was hired for, and had people talking about it for a long time afterwards. We're discussing it now. It's part of a series on Eastwood, and should remain as such. — Maile (talk) 15:20, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep a very notable appearance which is still discussed years later. Lightburst (talk) 19:43, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: WP:NOTNEWS is definitely a consideration, but there are sources from after the event: this one from over a year later, for instance. Also discussed in a biography of Eastwood here, and in a 2013 book looking retrospectively at the 2012 campaign here. To me, that's clear evidence that the notability of this event is more than that of a news story, even leaving aside the huge number of 2012 sources in the article. UndercoverClassicist (talk) 20:24, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: per LightburstJack4576 (talk) 01:07, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep this is definitely a WP:LASTING event that is still mentioned today, 11 years later. The 1st AfD from 2013 already looked at it as beyond WP:NOTNEWS. – The Grid (talk) 01:37, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. If NOTNEWS, then why is it being discussed on the national stage 10 years later? [1]. Here's [2] a mention about it in 2020. This in addition to coverage in later presidential election cycle years.[3], [4] I would support renaming, maybe to Clint Eastwood's empty chair speech. Jacona (talk) 14:42, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to Withdraw this one. Desertarun (talk) 14:47, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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