Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Langton
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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 delete. –Juliancolton Tropical Cyclone 01:55, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Matthew Langton[edit]
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An obscure sportsman basically. Seems to fail WP:GNG and WP:RS (two of the five sources at the time were self-published) and also WP:NONENG (the remaining three of five sources were in French). ~~ [ジャム][t - c] 19:20, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Addendum: It might be useful to note this article has already been deleted once today as non-notable - 1. ~~ [ジャム][t - c] 19:23, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. WP:NONENG is not grounds for deletion. If the only available reliable sources are not in English, then we use those sources and everything's fine. JulesH (talk) 19:26, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. Obscure? The best pitcher in the most competitive baseball league in Quebec( Canada's largest province) does not seem to be obscure to me. Also, he is an actor for MSOPA which is the organization responsible for training and developping actors in Montreal, Canada. --Montreal is one of the biggest cities in Canada. Anttot (talk) 19:42, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Question - Is the league he plays for a professional league? If so, he meets WP:ATHLETE. LinguistAtLarge 19:59, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Just because he is a member of an organisation that trains actors doesn't make him notable. I'm sure there are lots of people in the RADA - does that make them all notable? No. ~~ [ジャム][t - c] 20:16, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Good point about the RADA, you're right!! and as far as I know, the LBEQ is amateur but is still the highest league in Quebec. Thus, he would not qualify for WP:ATHLETE. However, should'nt he qualify as WP:ENTERTAINER because ".. had significant roles in multiple notable films, television, stage performances, or other productions." Anttot (talk) 21:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Unless such roles can be reliably sourced (which, at present, they aren't) then no. ~~ [ジャム][t - c] 22:54, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Good point about the RADA, you're right!! and as far as I know, the LBEQ is amateur but is still the highest league in Quebec. Thus, he would not qualify for WP:ATHLETE. However, should'nt he qualify as WP:ENTERTAINER because ".. had significant roles in multiple notable films, television, stage performances, or other productions." Anttot (talk) 21:10, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete. Reeks of self-promotion. — RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 20:08, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 01:35, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Athletes-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 01:35, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and actresses-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 01:35, 5 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete, as doesn't seem to be sufficiently notable as an actor nor sportsman. Even proof he was in films does not show notability unless the source discusses him in some detail (so credits from film do not confer automatic notability).Yobmod (talk) 09:16, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[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.