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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 no consensus‎. Spartaz Humbug! 07:18, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Lauri Hendler[edit]

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Fails WP:NACTOR, WP:SIGCOV. Csd, prodded and as a WP:BLP, lacks coverage. scope_creepTalk 06:19, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

she had main roles in Gimme a Break! (appearing in 114 episodes, 5 seasons) and A New Kind of Family (11 episodes). RZuo (talk) 10:17, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
forgot to mention, Special:WhatLinksHere/Lauri_Hendler shows she had nominations in a few Youth in Film Awards. RZuo (talk) 17:23, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Almost surely passes WP:NACTOR. Seems very likely to pass GNG on her own as well. Here's a paragraph of SIGCOV [1]. Other coverage adds up [2] [3] [4] —siroχo 11:02, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Passes WP:NACTOR. She has named roles in 11 episodes of A New Kind of Family and 114 episodes of Gimme a Break!. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:00, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm skeptical that WP:NACTOR really applies to someone whose most prominent roles were as a child actor on relatively obscure sitcoms. Biographical coverage presented thus far falls well short of WP:GNG. signed, Rosguill talk 14:13, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Is "Gimme A Break!" quite popular? It never made it to the UK, so nothing to compare it against. I did a pretty solid WP:BEFORE and couldn't see much at all. The gbook references is a passing mention at best, confirming she was in the series, but not much else. Refs 1 to 4 up there at best are passing mentions. Not much there at all. scope_creepTalk 17:41, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    To answer your question, Gimme A Break! is indeed pretty popular. AFAIK it is still in syndication, and is frequently mentioned in pop culture media. It helped boost Rosie O'Donnell's career as her first casted role. It's made it onto international "Nick at Nite" lineups, which is a decent measure of it's significance (this probably could be added to the show's article). —siroχo 19:54, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - there appears to be insufficient support for WP:NACTOR or other notability according to the guidelines and available sources. A source noted above by Siroxo, The show must go on: how the deaths of lead actors have affected television series, Douglas Snauffer, 2006, has two sentences about Hendler: [5] (at p. 124, noting she played Julie on Gimme a Break!) [6] (at p. 136, noting she continued to act in guest roles on several shows) and a quote from Hendler at p. 137 [7] about Nell Carter. Another source cited above by Siroxo is a 1986 Customs Today article [8], a magazine published by the U.S. Customs Service, with a passing mention noting Hendler's appearance as a speaker at a rally sponsored by the US government and referring to her as "an actress on the NBC-TV hit series, Gimme a Break." The other source noted by Siroxo above is Stories I only tell my friends : an autobiography by Rob Lowe, briefly mentioning Hendler's role in A New Kind of Family at p. 77 [9]. In the article, the Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. includes Hendler in a cast list with a brief description of her character on Gimme a Break. A redirect could be created to Gimme a Break!, because this appears to be the only significant role she has had (according to available sources), but there do not appear to be sufficient independent, reliable, and secondary sources available to support WP:BASIC or other notability for a standalone article. Beccaynr (talk) 17:59, 22 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 06:58, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

FatCat96 (talk) 14:55, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@FatCat96: How do they pass WP:SIGCOV exactly? scope_creepTalk 19:57, 28 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Comment: Gimme A Break! was not a great sitcom but, in the U.S., it was indeed, quite popular.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 07:37, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • Redirect. I think Beccaynr is correct. I'm not seeing significant coverage. Arbitrarily0 (talk) 14:18, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Looks like she passes WP:NACTOR for having (a) significant role(s) in a notable TV show. Kalethan (talk) 20:09, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to Gimme a Break! -- I'm not finding the case for NACTOR convincing if it's on the basis of childhood acting in 2 shows, only one of which clearly meets notability guidelines. This isn't the level of significant contributions to a field which guarantee the existence of coverage that the guideline is intended to cover. signed, Rosguill talk 20:20, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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