Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Reid (actor)

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The result was keep. per improvements made during the course of the AfD Star Mississippi 00:40, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Reid (actor)[edit]

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The sole source in the article is mostly about the building that he bought. I've been unable to find any sources to support notability as an actor or as a musician. (Common name doesn't help.) Schazjmd (talk) 23:03, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Schazjmd (talk) 23:03, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. Schazjmd (talk) 23:03, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 23:14, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Limited coverage in RS. Adabow (talk) 09:33, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete due to lack of significant coverage. He made the news in New Zealand as a former small-time entertainer turned real estate tycoon ([1], [2]), but I can't find anything to say about him beyond that. An encyclopedia article should have something for the curious reader. This vote might be longer than the guy's life story. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:30, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm not sure if the above AFD and votes are serious. Try searching in Google, Index New Zealand, Ebsco and A/NZ newsstream for "Paul Reid" "Shortland Street" and "Paul Reid" "Rubicon". -- haminoon (talk) 22:15, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
If you can add additional sources to the article to support notability, that would be great. Or even post them here in the AfD discussion so others can add them. As I said in the nomination, I didn't find any. Schazjmd (talk) 22:30, 12 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Searching for <"Paul Reid" + "Shortland Street"> only results in minor directory listings about how he was an actor in that show. Searching for <"Paul Reid" + "Rubicon"> only results in minor directory listings about how he was a member of that band. In both cases you will also get some minor mentions about how he is now a landlord. Quantity does not matter if a lot of sources say very little; see WP:LOTSOFSOURCES. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 18:06, 13 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I've expanded the article using just a few of the many references that show that GNG is met. During his three years playing a major character in New Zealand's longest-running and most popular television soap opera, there were a number of profiles of Reid in New Zealand newspapers, not freely available online but available via "The Knowledge Basket" database, some of which have been used in this expansion. Also, it is interesting to note that the very many more-recent (almost 20 years later) news articles about Reid's property development career invariably mention his past as a Shortland Street star, and often use publicity photos from that time. Paora (talk) 11:46, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Excellent work by Paora that shows that the subject is clearly notable. Schwede 66 14:41, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per expansion by Paora.-gadfium 22:59, 17 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per expansion and more reliable sources added by Paora.— NZFC^(talk)^(cont) 03:02, 19 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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