Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Smith (producer)

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The result was Speedy deleted per A7 by Versageek (non-admin closure) Jarkeld (talk) 12:22, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Smith (producer)

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This article was approved from AFC (after being declined several times) by what appears to be the subject of the article. Conflict of interest issues aside, I do not believe that the subject of this article qualifies as notable. Most of the sources are unreliable (either self-written or blogs) and the one claim to notability appears to be a sort of WP:BLP1E thing. There is also the concern that the subject is underage and I believe for their own protection should not have an article about them. Hersfold ^(t/a/c) 05:58, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A laudable start to what looks like a very promising career, and the subject looks likely to be notable enough for a Wikipedia article in the future; but isn't there yet, per the very small range of independent reliable sources providing coverage so far (as listed in the article, there's just one, although the article author has been given advice about what type of material to include). I will note, however, that the age of the subject isn't really relevant; there are a great many Wikipedia articles on younger celebrities, and a great many younger Wikipedians, so an intersection between the two is not a substantial concern in itself. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 07:40, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The claims in this article are not valid cliams to notability. For example, the article states, "In 2009, Smith was ranked by many online blogs as the highest-paid Youngest Producer of all time." This is cited to a single blog post, from 2011 (not 2009), in which Smith himself was interviewed and said that his goal was to receive an award recognizing him as the youngest film/television producer of all time. That's not the same thing at all. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 18:15, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 19:41, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. As Hersfold already mentioned: non-notable at present. It was never approved at AFC by an independent AFC reviewer: Kevjr97 has a COI as far as the subject is concerned. Jarkeld (talk) 20:43, 20 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete all potential sources appear to be either self-published or trivial in nature. A nice attempt at an article though; too bad the effort will go to naught. C'est la guerre. --Jayron32 05:13, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the sources present are mostly sps or trivial --Guerillero | My Talk 06:19, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Fails WP:BIO. Joe Chill (talk) 07:30, 21 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Subject isn't notable just yet. The subject and/or author being underage, or having a COI, aren't necessarily reasons for an article to be deleted, but notability certainly is. Many of the claims in the article which would indicate notability cannot be verified to reliable sources as far as I can see. sonia♫ 08:49, 21 August 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.