Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Julian Smith (director)

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The result was delete without prejudice. No inline sources. Will userfy or incubate upon request. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:57, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Julian Smith (director)[edit]

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No evidence that this YouTube filmmaker is notable. Repeatedly recreated so looking for input from a wider audience. Step hen 02:26, 11 March 2011 (UTC) Let's take a look at this from the standpoint of what Wikipedia considers to be a notable person.[reply]

A Google search for the phrase "Julian Smith" yields over three million results with a majority of the findings concerning the YouTube personality. Smith's videos have been featured on ABC News, Funny or Die, Gawker, Mashable and the Huffington Post. He was also featured on the Tyra Banks Show
Smith is a YouTube partner which is an award within itself within the YouTube community
He also has his own production company called, "Julian Smith Productions", which has produced two campaign commercials for George W. Bush for the 2004 presidential election, of which Smith directed. He was also the director of "Steve Bridges Live. The company has produced the short films The Crossing and Brookside Court and
He has worked as a camera operator on several documentaries
Stars in his own TV series "Smash Cuts", which has been on the air for two seasons
Has a large fan base or a significant "cult" following
Smith has over 600,000 followers on YouTube which aligns him with other YouTube celebrities featured on Wikipedia
He is featured on the Playlist Live conference in Orlando, FL

This article does need to be expanded to show the notability. In the grand scheme of it all, he is well known within the internet personalities realm.Itsbydesign (talk) 05:17, 21 March 2011 (UTC) It is also recommended that the article remain in place due to Julian's emplacement across several different 'public mediums' (acting, directing, production, political videography, and various other jobs in the film industry) and the need to cross-reference these appearances via an article.[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. -- JN 466 04:32, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. -- JN 466 04:33, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:38, 18 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 25 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I will refrain from voting right now but just say something to encourage discussion. Julian Smith has an unfortunately common name which makes Google searches of any kind sort of tricky, but one can find sources like this or a mention here. I'm not sure it's sufficient to say it's significant coverage that would make it notable, but if the article could be edited to add such proper reliable sources instead of primary bare links, there may be a case for keeping (it would still need more cleanup to be properly encyclopedic, right now it's just a catalog of "look, he's done popular things").--70.80.234.196 (talk) 13:43, 25 March 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.