Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Rutland (2nd nomination)

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The result was deleted as G5, salted. (non-admin closure) —  HELLKNOWZ ∣ TALK 09:23, 13 September 2022 (UTC)

John Rutland

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References that consist of dead links, and links that go to pages at TV Guide.com that don't say more than his name. As a newly written article, these are indicative of the quality of the content as well as the notability of the subject, with both seem to be lacking. A loose necktie (talk) 15:52, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Theatre, and United Kingdom. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 16:05, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

• Keep. This is an instance in which a prolific character actor is nominated for deletion because their career was mostly finished before the advent of the internet, so a google search will not pick up substantial coverage of him. It is true that the article is very badly written, but that will be easy to clean up if someone does the research: If anyone has access to newspaper databases from the 1950s to the 1970s, you will see reviews of him and feature articles. He starred in the film Calculated Risk, but he mostly played supporting character roles over his long career. He also appeared in the West End in the musical version of Canterbury Tales, https://ovrtur.com/production/2880047/credits (1968-1969) and was Lord Brockhurst in The Boy Friend (1953-1954). -- Ssilvers (talk) 18:31, 10 September 2022 (UTC)

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.