Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allen R. Morris

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 05:38, 9 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Allen R. Morris[edit]

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this is so convoluted and spammy its impossible to tell whether this guy is notable. The claims of an emmy would make me think he is but barring nuking it from orbit and starting fresh from a non-upe/coi editor, this article is unsalvageable. Praxidicae (talk) 20:30, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete based on current content. This article fails to focus on what might make this person notable in the television business. Instead, we get content like a 134-word blockquote about him playing in the woods as a child and four paragraphs about an never-aired television pilot he produced. Of the three sources cited in this article, the main one is his IMDb page (not always considered a reliable source), and that page makes no mention of the Emmys that the subject supposedly won. Another source cited is a one-sentence item from the New York Times which reads, in its entirety: "Carabiner International, Inc., New York, has agreed to acquire privately held Blumberg Communications Inc., an audio-visual equipment services concern, for $23.3 million in cash, stock and assumed debt" -- not even mentioning the subject. If this person really is notable, I think this article could do with some "addition by subtraction" -- taking out the less notable aspects of his biography and keeping only the notable content. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:55, 2 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a non-notable television maker.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:48, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 23:30, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, "Notability is a property of a subject and not of a Wikipedia article.". Coolabahapple (talk) 23:58, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- True, but if the article clearly established the subject's notability using reliable sources, I wouldn't be supporting deletion. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 23:35, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, is being an emmy gold circle inductee (see here) wikisignificant? Coolabahapple (talk) 23:58, 4 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 00:03, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

- The Gold Circle seems to be an award for career longevity (see https://lonestaremmy.org/awards/the-circles/ ). The award is given for "media professionals who began their careers in television at least 50 years ago, either in a performing, creative, technical or administrative role within the industry or in an area related to television such as TV journalism education, advertising, promotion, and public relations. They must also have made a significant contribution to the Lone Star Chapter television for at least part of their 50-year career." So I would recommend focusing on documenting the competitive awards that he won in order to establish notability. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 23:35, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:51, 7 June 2020 (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.