Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marcus Harris (actor)

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The result was delete. Feel free to redirect as an editorial decision. Cirt (talk) 20:24, 9 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Marcus Harris (actor)[edit]

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Was prodded as "unreferenced BLP article, violating WP:BLP policy; do not remove this tag without sourcing the article" I do not consider this an acceptable reason for deletion, unless WP:BEFORE is followed . But since its a field where I have no skill in finding sources for notability, I bring it here rather than just remove the tag. Myself, I have no opinion, but hope someone can source it. DGG ( talk ) 21:11, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, as IMDb is not substantial (or reliable) enough to determine notability. JBsupreme (talk) 21:40, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Now referenced early and later career. AllyD (talk) 21:49, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to The Famous Five. This is about the only substantial reference I could find to Harris. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:51, 2 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and Redirect as above. Even though my initial reaction was keep, I checked WP:ENTERTAINER (which includes actors). the guidelines for notability here are:

a. "significant roles in multiple notable films, television shows, stage performances, or other productions." Just the one TV Show doesn't qualify here then.

b. Has a large fan base or a significant "cult" following. There is no evidence of a significant fan base.

c. Has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment. There is no evidence of this either.

Harris's later local government political career is not notable under [[WP:POLITICIAN. He would have needed to be mayor or received significant press coverage to be considered a notable politician at local level. Even the combination of the two careers don't provide enough for notability, I am afraid. Wikipeterproject (talk) 22:14, 3 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I based the above on "multiple TV shows". Doing a bit more research, I find that the one show involved two series and more than 20 episodes. Is that enough? Still leaning to a redirect though.Wikipeterproject (talk) 22:20, 3 February 2010 (UTC) Comment: Sorry I have no understanding how to correctly edit a Wikipedia page. I just wanted to add that The Famous Five is a classic and therefore important to keep information relating to actors and appearances. I have been a fan since 1978. Social Networking site Facebook contains many grups which appear to have a fan base of over 2500. Having just commenced reading the books to next generation children it would be inadvisable to delete reference.[reply]

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.