Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Burton (actor)

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 keep per WP:SNOW: Despite a well-argued nomination,

If an issue does not have a snowball's chance in hell of being accepted by a certain process, there's no need to run it through the entire process

clearly applies here. (non-admin closure) ——SerialNumber54129 10:56, 7 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Burton (actor)[edit]

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The bit of independent coverage of this actor is this writeup, which is fine as far as it goes; but it seems to be the only such in existence. There's also a nomination for Best Actor in Supporting Role / Musical. Otherwise, it's passing mentions. - Overall I'd assess this as not meeting WP:NARTIST yet, although it may not be far off the mark. (NB, also written by the subject himself - not a big issue in this case as it's not overtly promotional IMO.) Elmidae (talk · contribs) 22:28, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Ssilver has added a number of further references that certainly show that Burton has repeatedly been singled out for positive commentary (e.g. [1]). While not necessarily making me want to withdraw this (not that I could at this stage, with mixed !votes), it's now even further into the maybe-fine area. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 01:17, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The correct standard for this type of person is WP:ENT, not WP:NARTIST. It is disappointing that you didn't do a Google search before starting an AfD. -- Ssilvers (talk) 04:35, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article is sloppily written, but this actor has had numerous roles in major musicals in the West End and in UK national tours, and favorable coverage in both London and New York papers, including The New York Times and The Telegraph, as well as The Stage, Playbill, The Hollywood Reporter and numerous theatre-specialist websites. He is currently starring in the West End in The Mousetrap and has been cast in a starring role in the upcoming West End run of White Christmas for 2019–2020. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:43, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article is written clearly to advertise himself, as it is written by himself. Please see WP:N, WP:SOAP and WP:BIAS. Wikipeida is not a biography page you'd see on an 'About Page'. In the major publications he has cited, he is only mentioned very berifly (maybe one, at most two, lines). — Preceding unsigned comment added by JavaPythonLutz (talk • contribs) 23:10, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Vote struck: user blocked. - SchroCat (talk) 04:14, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 04:10, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Theatre-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 04:10, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 04:10, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, per Ssilvers. Meets GNG. - SchroCat (talk) 04:12, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - notability clearly established. Has had high profile roles backed by relevant sources. Jack1956 (talk) 05:45, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Decently sourced article, establishing notability. Will be of use to readers (and already has been, to judge from page view stats). Tim riley talk 06:19, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep establishing notability. meet criteria of WP:GNG. --Nahal^(T) 09:37, 02 July 2019 (UTC) 12:03, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I declined the speedy noting that deletion isn't for cleanup. It meets the GNG and artist specific ones. It needs cleanup rather than deletion. Woody (talk) 20:37, 2 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Notability clearly establishedMark E (talk) 09:36, 3 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per sources added to the article, meets GNG. –Davey2010^Talk 13:28, 5 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep With the sources added, meets WP:GNG. William2001^(talk) 22:01, 6 July 2019 (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.