Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cody Arens

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. Sourcing appears to exist. I also want to remind participants that the connotation of the word notable is not identical to the term of art "notability" on wikipedia. A subject may meet the WP:GNG without being as famous as Mel Blanc. Protonk (talk) 20:42, 13 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cody Arens

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Article has continued for several years with only the anyone-can-edit IMDB as sole reference. A reader would not really know whether this person actually existed or not. And even with that, whether these appearances, if true, are truly "notable." They don't seem to be recorded anywhere else but in the self-edited IMDB. Student7 (talk) 13:22, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There does appear to be an actor with this name. There's a review for the movie Riding with Boys in Cars in the New York Times that mentions him. An actor of that name also appears in the review for TV movie Plainsong. Looks like he's also mentioned in the Variety review of Dragon Wars. A reference for the Young Artist Award is here. Not too sure about notability but he does look to be real. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 17:51, 21 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A quick Google Archive search turns up that he is obviously a real person and working actor.. I personally don't have the time or inclination to rewrite his page right now, but from what I see, between mentions of his roles in The New York Times, appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman, and winning a Young Artist Award, I'd say there's enough evidence that he's real and notable enough to have a page here. It looks like the page just needs a rewrite and some sourcing.Crakkerjakk (talk) 09:17, 23 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 01:36, 22 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Granted he is real. Can we talk notability? He is a voice in a cartoon. The only voice I can remember (from the old days) was Mel Blanc. Nowdays they often use the voices of people who are already notable/famous. Cody is not Mel Blanc, a man of many voices and cartoons. And he does not appear to be yet famous from appearing in other films. He is just one of many unknown people that supply "voices" to cartoon characters. Pick the last cartoon you watched. How many "voices" can you remember by name (that weren't already notable actors or actresses?)? There are no voice "specialists" that are known to the general public anymore. And there were only one or two, even in the old days. Student7 (talk) 12:48, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Some of his recent roles have been "voice" roles, but he's clearly also been an actor in films and television. If notability was only measured by an actor's most recent role then we would also delete any actor who has left show business, died, etc. --- Crakkerjakk (talk) 01:06, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Logan _Talk ^{Contributions} 00:06, 6 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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.