Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rex Partington

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 keep. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:11, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Rex Partington[edit]

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Biographical article about a theater producer of doubtful notability. The article was created and has largely been edited by Tonytenor (talk · contribs), who is self-described as the subject's son. Partington was head of the notable Barter Theater for many years, and what mention there is of him in reliable sources is mostly due to this. Unfortunately, these seem to be passing mentions, such as simply noting that he headed the theater or giving credit for his work on some production, and do not meet the coverage standards for notability. The result is that the article is basically a memorial by the son, lacking reliable sources for most of the content. If there are adequate reliable sources to produce a biography, I will gladly withdraw this nomination, but from what I have see thus far, this individual simply is not notable enough for a reliably sourced article. RL0919 (talk) 03:06, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:45, 23 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Well-written and touching long-form eulogy. Better than anything you'd get in the local fish wrapper's obit section. But... as per nom, WP is not the place for memorials or personal tributes. I'm sure the guy was a good man, a great father, a loving husband, a hard worker, a good provider, and a talented thespian, and a lot of other good things but that's not enough to make him notable. And while Barter Theater may be notable, notability is not heritable or contagious. Mtiffany71 (talk) 23:16, 24 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and clean itup through regular editing. It seems this individual is notable enough that he has made it into the enduring record... a great number of books[1] and news articles from 1954.[2]. It would seem that both WP:CREATIVE and WP:GNG have been met. Since we have the reliable sources... it needing cleanup is not a reason to delete. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 07:45, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- No one had said anything about the article needing cleanup, so that clearly isn't the argument for deletion. The problem is that the mentions I was able to find about him in reliable sources were not "significant coverage" as called for in WP:GNG. Linking to Google hits doesn't demonstrate significant coverage. --RL0919 (talk) 19:25, 27 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I see enough sources here. [3]. LibStar (talk) 08:18, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Barter Theatre and Cleveland Playhouse are both major theatres VASterling (talk) 01:58, 2 October 2010 (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.