Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel Lichtblau

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 Delete --Anthony.bradbury^"talk" 11:56, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Daniel Lichtblau

There are some sources here, but the individual still looks pretty minor and the only RS here is IMDB. According to the lead, his main claim to fame is working on The Simpsons, but according to his IMDB page he was only an assistant to one of the producers on the movie, which is nothing major. Fails WP:BIO easily and looks like a vanity page. It's also worth noting that the user that created this page has vandalized several other pages with what look like false stories about this individual. [1] [2] -- Scorpion⁰⁴²² 23:10, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, production assistants fail notability standards. And IMDB is not a reliable source, since it's editable by anybody. Corvus cornix_talk 23:26, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. I was especially skeptical of the claim that he narrowly missed out on the role of Lone Starr in Spaceballs, which came out when he was 5 years old, given that the role actually went to the then-33-year-old Bill Pullman. (By the way, IMDb is edited by its paid staff; user submissions of data are reviewed by the staff before going live. It's not 100% accurate but it should not be considered an unreliable source either.) --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:05, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Can anyone find a criterion on which this article can be speedily deleted? I noticed that one of the claimed sources, a Wall Street Journal article, did not even mention the subject, and removed it from the article. Furthermore, the claim that he helped Paul Reubens develop the "Tequilla Dance" appears to be a reference to the movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure, which came out when the subject was 4 years old. I don't think this article has any credibility in terms of accuracy. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 13:58, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no real assertion of notability in accordance with policies and guidelines seems to have been made. Seriously lacking in verfiability through reliable 3rd party sourcing (though I did note that it isn't just an IMDB reference anymore). Unless we have something from IMDB about their quality assurance processes somewhere that I'm unaware of I'm not willing to take it as a sole source (but, I'm sure that discussion has been had elsewhere). Jasynnash2 (talk) 09:29, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no assertion of notability. Although he is in lists of credits, I cannot find any substantial coverage. I removed one of the references as it was unlikely to be about the same person. --Snigbrook ^(talk) 14:24, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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