Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Markus Rothkranz

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The result was delete. Sandstein 19:01, 26 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Markus Rothkranz[edit]

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Unsourced biography of a living person. Notability per WP:ANYBIO unclear. I'm not sure what this person is supposed to be notable for. Also, single-purpose account User:L.zselenak seems to be in an conflict of interest. bender235 (talk) 13:14, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Total lack of reliable sources. At first I considered this a hoax (and I'm still very suspicious of some parts of the article), but he seems to be a real person with a following in the alternative health world. However, aside from mentions on not-in-any-way-reliable-sources CAM websites, I can't find anything to support a pass of the WP:GNG. Yunshui 雲‍水 14:13, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:03, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:04, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Health and fitness-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:05, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm skeptical that enough can be found to establish notability, but at least some parts of the article relating to his film career appear to be tonally overblown but factually accurate. The film To The Ends of Time is real, albeit with little coverage in reliable sources[1][2]; and there is some coverage to be found about his (apparently failed) Las Vegas-based TV project Atomic City: Las Vegas CityLife (Opening sentence: "Markus Rothkranz is not crazy.")[3]; Las Vegas Sun[4]; Las Vegas Review-Journal[5]; Wired[6]. --Arxiloxos (talk) 16:21, 17 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Yeah, I took a look at some of those sources and did a bit of my own researching. This just seems like a COI marketing attempt just like much of the work that I see online about the subject. SarahStierch (talk) 22:19, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Doesn't seem to me like this person comes close to meeting the notability criteria of WP:ENT or WP:CREATIVE. Yes, the film doesn't appear to exist, but I don't see anything to suggest that the film is notable (as per WP:MOVIE, and notability of the film itself would play into WP:ENT. I.e., there's no evidence the film was widely released, reviewed by national critics, etc. The TV project went as far as a 3-minute trailer he showed to try to get backing. Never aired an episode. --JamesAM (talk) 02:56, 23 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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