Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Herschel Sparber

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The result was delete‎. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 21:35, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Herschel Sparber[edit]

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Fails WP:NACTOR, WP:ANYBIO and WP:BASIC. None of his roles are significant enough. The Film Creator (talk) 22:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. The Film Creator (talk) 22:26, 30 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Theatre and Indiana. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 00:02, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Role as Big Jule in Guys and Dolls was widely reviewed, including 1, 2, 3, biography in dictionary 4, profiled 5, and interviewed 6. Arguably meets WP:GNG if not WP:NACTOR. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaireeodell (talk • contribs) 01:11, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete. These reviews do not say much about Sparber's acting, except that he was threatening. The refs say things like "Adding to the comic relief are minor characters such as Big Jule (Herschel Sparber), who lives up to his name as a no-nonsense gambler who towers over the small-time New York “Guys.”"2 Jule is a supporting character that is generally cast as a big, threatening guy. I didn't see any refs that give "substantial coverage" to Sparber's acting, and I am not convinced that any of his performances, or his roles in the aggregate, were encyclopedically significant. He certainly did not win a Tony or an Emmy and was not ever nominated for one, none of his TV roles were long-running, and none of his film roles seem significant. The appearance in a specialty voice actor encyclopedia is not persuasive, nor is an alumnus feature in his school paper. It would be more persuasive if his article were to explain the significance of any roles that are thought to be significant and if one could quote critics as saying that he was particularly effective in any of these smaller roles. The closest one, I'd say, is this. If we do keep this article, I would suggest adding in a lot of the information about him from this. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:49, 31 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Daniel (talk) 22:22, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The reviews linked above do not have significant coverage. The inclusion of his bio in a biographical dictionary of Disney voice actors because of his Disney role as "Security Guard" does not show notability. The alumnus profile is too self-interested in lauding school alumni. The five-question interview with the Maryland Theatre Guide proves too much in that their websites contains plenty of these interviews with plainly non-notable people involved with Maryland theatre. SilverLocust 💬 23:59, 6 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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