Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Falconer

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The result was redirect‎ to Wētā Workshop. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:27, 28 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Falconer

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WP:BLP of a "creature, costume, armour, weapon and prop designer", not properly sourced as passing our inclusion criteria for artists or film crew. The sole notability claim stated here is that he and his work exist, and the sole source is a book about a film series that he worked on, which likely mentions his name in passing but isn't strongly enough about him to carry him over GNG all by itself if it's the only reference on offer.
And while there is an inbound from another article about an award presented by a science fiction convention which this article has failed to note, "notability because award" does not automatically attach to just any award that exists: it requires the award to be one that media cover as news for the purposes of establishing that award's cultural significance, and does not attach to awards that require you to depend on the award's own self-published content about itself for sourcing (but even that award's article is depending 9/10 on self-published primary sourcing rather than third party media coverage).
So the award still isn't "inherently" notable enough to exempt this person from having to have more and better sourcing than just a brief mention in one book about something else. Bearcat (talk) 15:22, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Artists-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 15:22, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Film, and New Zealand. Skynxnex (talk) 15:50, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: No coverage outside of TheOneRing.net, which is not a RS. "Being known" for something without sourcing to back up that statement is not helpful for notability in Wikipedia. I can't find anything about him. Oaktree b (talk) 20:10, 20 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect and merge into Wētā Workshop - people WomenArtistUpdates (talk) 00:10, 22 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Wētā Workshop – no indication of standalone notability. Actualcpscm^{scrutinize, talk} 11:26, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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