Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Cooper (Canadian actor)

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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 01:48, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Cooper (Canadian actor)

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Was submitted to BLP PROD, but doesn't qualify as there is a source in the article. However, the only sources in the article are obituaries, and I was unable to find anything else. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 15:41, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and Canada. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 15:41, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Actors don't get an automatic notability freebie just because they've had acting roles — the notability test is the reception of reliable source coverage about them and their performances in media, establishing that they've been externally validated as significant. But this is referenced solely to an obituary; the two footnotes were deceptive, because they were just two different reprints of the same obituary, so they aren't two separate sources for the purposes of WP:GNG, with the added bonus that one of the two reprints came from an unreliable and non-notability-supporting blog and had to be removed. And even on a ProQuest search for older coverage that may not have Googled well, the only new datapoint I found was a single piece of "local actor retires and comes back home" in his hometown newspaper in 1995, which still isn't enough further coverage to get him over the bar all by itself. Bearcat (talk) 16:28, 14 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I believe that this article will expand more of the background of other articles, since Jeff Cooper came out in notorious productions and I believe he has done the necessary roles to be included in the website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lightning in the sky (talk • contribs) 08:12, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The notability test for an actor is not "has had roles", it is "has received reliable source coverage about him and his roles in media to establish that said roles were externally validated as significant". There's no such thing as notability without media coverage. And new comments in this discussion go at the bottom of the page, not the top. Bearcat (talk) 17:11, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Seems notable as he had a starring role in Circle of Iron, a main role in two Kaliman films from Mexico where played the main title character and a recurring role in Dallas. I've added three sources.

1. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2018. The book notes about his details and credits such as "Canadian actor Jeff Cooper died in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on March 24, 2018. He was 84. Cooper was born in Hamilton in 1933. He began his career acting in Hollywood in the early 1960s. He appeared on television in episodes of..."

2. Classic Movie Fight Scenes: 75 Years of Bare Knuckle Brawls, 1914-1989. The book notes his about role and his work in Circle of Iron.

3. Marketing The Well-Furred Chest. The newspaper article notes about his role and his work as Kaliman and his other details. MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk) 18:06, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep due to major improvement and adding more citations and having a leading role in mentioned film by MoviesandTelevisionFan, notability established.Nassimela (talk) 05:19, 16 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, His obituaries got published on reliable sources which establishes notability. According to the improvements by MoviesandTelevisionFan now passes WP:NACTOR and WP:GNG. Nanpofira (talk) 01:38, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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