Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Menkin

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. Consensus is that sources are insufficient to demonstrate notability. -- RoySmith (talk) 12:04, 26 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

David Menkin[edit]

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Many very minor roles is not the equivalent of a notable career. DGG ( talk ) 01:57, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Everymorning (talk) 02:26, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect somewhere such as Thunderbirds Are Go which seems to be the best as he's quite common as a voice actor and I'm familiar with him. Searches find several results for his work but maybe not something for a better article. SwisterTwister talk 02:54, 2 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I believe the article should stay. --ACase0000 (talk) 16:30, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
comment I was asked to check again, but there still are no reliable 3rd party refs. DGG ( talk ) 16:50, 8 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —☮JAaron95 ^Talk 14:44, 9 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - This article needs improvement, and definitely needs better sourcing. The nature of voice actors (those who are true voice actors and not actors who do voice over work) is such that they rarely get news. However, doing a News search turns up quite a few hits about this person. Most are mentions, but I think in their totality they meet the clause in WP:BASIC which reads "If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability;". There are even a few other more substantial references such as this, this, and this. According to this, his role in Man from UNCLE was a significant role, and according to this, he has a significant role in the upcoming Tom Hanks film. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 15:24, 12 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Swarm ♠ 04:03, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I agree that it is difficult for a primarily voice actor to receive the kind of significant coverage require for notability. It does not appear that David Menkin has met that standard. His role in the movie The Man from UNCLE was a credited supporting role, but I found no more than mere mention of that, including in the Italian review cited by Onel5969 above. A series of mere mentions cannot equal significant coverage, because the essence of a mere mention is that it is not substantive. On the other hand, a bunch of short substantive coverage can yield significant coverage, even if no particular article was in depth, the totality is. David Menkin has not received that kind of coverage. As to possible future success, it is WP:TOOSOON. --Bejnar (talk) 21:29, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No significant sources. I appreciate the efforts of Onel5969, but none of those sources are the kind of in-depth coverage needed to establish notability. --Randykitty (talk) 11:26, 26 September 2015 (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.