Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Devin Neil Oatway

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 delete. L Faraone 03:59, 16 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Devin Neil Oatway[edit]

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Part of a walled garden built by a mostly WP:SPA around Ojai Studio Artists. Promotional piece lacking notability. Lacks coverage In independent reliable sources. Lacks multiple significant roles in notable productions. Closest it comes is Ojai Bums (Short Film) and The Adventures of Galgameth which are part of the walled garden. Sourced only by Ojai Studio Artists. I found anothing better. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:30, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Another look says the garden is centred on Devin Neil Oatway and not Ojai Studio Artists. duffbeerforme (talk) 13:22, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:22, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:22, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:22, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - please help improve this article. It is of interest to enough people to be included in wikipedia. What is this purge all about? Gudavagling (talk)
It is of interest to the creator of the article (you), and others in your group, but a WP:WALLEDGARDEN isn't something that should be kept if notability isn't established, particularly after 8 years. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:12, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: yeah none of those sources meet allowance criteria. Plus the aforementioned SPA and the fact that the page creator is at UAA and has had their user deleted as G11. Now I know that may be a NPA breacher but at this point when we're clearing up damage maybe IAR is a playable element. MIVP (I Can Help? ◕‿◕) - ^{(Chocolate Cakes)} 21:21, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I believe an article should stand or fall on its own merits regardless of who created it. That's apparently a minority view around here, though. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:30, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I feel sad that the uninformed are lured into contributing inappropriate content to Wikipedia. This article was created in 2005 and somehow given a Start-Class rating. During this almost 8 year period, about 240 edits were made, mostly in good faith. I think that an AfD debate is a poor place to educate editors. Wikipedia should be accurate, while also kind to its contributors. I regret this incident. Wikfr (talk) 18:26, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
So do I. But now we have to clean it up. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:30, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I'm not seeing where this person meets WP:NACTOR criteria. I'm also disturbed by the article's apparently false claims that he "starred" in several films. The roles aren't significant roles as required by WP:NACTOR. ~Amatulić (talk) 22:23, 14 May 2013 (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.