Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Macmillan

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 soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:56, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

David Macmillan[edit]

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I couldn't find sufficient sources to pass WP:GNG and I don't think his acting credits are significant enough to pass WP:NACTOR. WP:BEFORE search wasn't helped with how common is name is but also searched with his middle names and that didn't bring up much either. Suonii180 (talk) 12:59, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, United Kingdom, and Scotland. Suonii180 (talk) 12:59, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This article qualifies for deletion as being an unsourced BLP alone, regardless of notability. --Escape Orbit ^(Talk) 13:04, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete as mentioned above. Skt34 (talk) 15:17, 19 December 2023 (UTC) sock strike. Daniel (talk) 21:17, 24 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I think that an being an unsourced BLP is a speedy deletion criteria. If so, Speedy Delete Industrial Insect (talk) 16:16, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Radio, Television, Theatre, and Advertising. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:30, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I added a couple of references about his theatre credits. Clearly, this should not be speedy deleted. The question is, did his TV roles make him notable? There does not seem to be a lot about him on Google, but most of his acting career was in the 1960s, so someone needs to look back at newspaper archives and other non-Google sources of the decade and also of the 1990s, when he returned in older roles. -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:35, 19 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ssilvers: I don't think the additional sources show sufficient notability. They both relate to the Importance of Being Earnest but the first source focuses on shows that have been held at the Chichester Theatre and mentions in passing that he was in the production while the second source has a bio for the subject but only details his appearance in the Importance of Being Earnest and doesn't go into detail about him or his other work. Through my WP:BEFORE search while nominating him I looked at newspapers.com and focused my search on the 60s. This didn't bring up anything which I thought passed GNG. I've searched again to include his work from the 1990s as I can't remember if I included this in my original search. His work is mostly character acting and I haven't found newspaper sources which go into the same depth of detail as they would for someone who had bigger roles. Suonii180 (talk) 01:36, 25 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: To review sources added during this discussion and whether they demonstrate notability.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 19:43, 26 December 2023 (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.