Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hurt McDermott

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. MBisanz ^talk 18:27, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hurt McDermott[edit]

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This is an article about a film maker that lacks the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources to establish notability. The sources are very poor. At the time of nomination, the sources are:

An interview which does not contribute to establishing notability.
An author profile from an ebook sales site which is not useful for establishing notability
An article in Reel Chicago about a film deal. This is local Chicago film making coverage and is run of the mill business news. Does very little to move the notability needle.
A wiki. Not at all a reliable source.
An obituary in the Chicago Tribune, but this is a paid obit and not an obituary written by Tribune staff. Id does nothing to establish notability.

The best claim for notability are the two film festival awards. There is a claim that his "movie NIGHTINGALE IN A MUSIC BOX won the Jury Prize for Outstanding Screenplay at The Slamdance 2004 Film Festival" but the best information I could find was very brief article which states the film was given a "jury honor". The Slam Dance Festival press release announced the top ten screenplays ([1], [2]) but Nightingale is not one of those. He did win best director at Shriekfest. However, neither that award or the Slam Dance Festival jury honor attracted anythign in the way of coverage. Whpq (talk) 18:25, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:32, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 20:38, 12 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note to closer for soft deletion: This nomination has had limited participation and falls within the standards set for lack of quorum. There are no previous AfD discussions, undeletions, or current redirects and no previous PRODs have been located. This nomination may be eligible for soft deletion at the end of its 7-day listing. --Cewbot (talk) 00:02, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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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.