Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Clark Matthews

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:59, 23 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

John Clark Matthews[edit]

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100% non-independent or unreliable sources. His own website, or Facebook or YouTube. I find no independent coverage myself. SmokeyJoe (talk) 09:23, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 10:32, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:02, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 11:02, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Approx. 20 of the sources are his own website. Performing an in-depth search using the AFD Find Sources toolbar, I am unable to find independent coverage either. The individual is no longer active and it is unlikely that future sources will appear so Draftify is not appropriate. ~riley (talk) 11:21, 16 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment More research is required, but he is listed in the credits for Polar Express at IMDB[1]. --В²C ☎ 18:57, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- IMDb is not a reliable source. The appropriate user editable website to cover John Clarke Matthews (character animator) is https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560066/ He has multiple credits in movies, and is listed at IMDb. He has not been covered by third party reliable sources, and so does not get a Wikipedia article. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:52, 17 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:V and WP:SIGCOV. One of the songs attributed in the article to him was music entirely written by someone else. I found zero news online, zero newspapers articles, and passing mentions in kids' books. Bearian (talk) 19:25, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Bearian. Likely another case of someone using Wikipedia as a means of boosting their professional profile. Best, GPL93 (talk) 16:10, 20 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Definitely fails the WP:GNG, WP:CREATIVE, WP:MUSICBIO, and WP:NACTOR. -- LACaliNYC ✉ 22:02, 22 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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