Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Hood

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 of the debate was keep. — FireFox • T [11:33, 12 April 2006]

Sean Hood

Non notable screenwriter, possible hoax ("uncredited writer?"). Also a violation of WP:AUTO. Rory096 23:41, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

• Delete vanity, reads like an advert, creation edit sum was "I am sean hood and I wrote this article about myself" ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 23:46, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

• Not a hoax. All the information is true and verifiable on the internet movie database. But I'm new to Wiki... so I see that I may have violated the guidlines by writing about myself. Seanhood 23:55, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, even when you kick out all the "uncrediteds" and uncast films "in production," there's still a residual body of produced screenwriting that qualifies him as notable enough, even though I wouldn't watch a frame of them except under duress. Monicasdude 00:15, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Translating one into Polish and one "screenplay," which I take to mean a minor part of writing it, and the rest aren't even notable enough for articles. --Rory096 00:21, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
• Empathic delete as this article runs contrary to WP:SELF pure and simple, and reason being the article becomes subjective and thereby violates WP:NPOV. If a 3rd party had created a new page of this individual, I may have decided differently. I do commend him on being WP:BOLD in using his real name rather than an alias, and look forward to his future contributions. Netkinetic 00:39, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I reserve judgement for the moment. Sean, if you read the guidelines on notability and biographies of living persons and verifiability (WP:V, WP:BIO, and WP:N), and think you meet the guidelines, you can take a crack rewriting the article as if a neutral 3rd party wrote it. I would consider overlooking the fact that it is an autobiography if it otherwise meets the guildelines. The key to remember is that wikipedia aims to be a verifiable neutral encyclopedia; why would someone look you up, and what should they be able to learn here that they won't learn from IMDB or a myspace profile? And are you prepared to have your article edited and rewritten by others, possibly to include negative information about you (assuming it exists and is verifiable)? Thatcher131 01:13, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Improved and reasonably well verified. Any remaining concerns can be dealt with by editing the article. Thatcher131 07:20, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
• Comment/ReplyThanks for the feedback. I've editted the article so that it is brief, neutral and verifiable. I think "Sean Hood" is notable because he has written several produced movies, one of which, Halloween:Ressurection, made 30 million at the box office. See Halloween (film series). I understand the problem about writing my own bio, but I leave that to the judges.Seanhood
  • Comment. Interestingly, Halloween: Resurrection says it was written by someone named Larry Brand. --Rory096 20:07, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment The on-screen credit is "screenplay by Larry Brand and Sean Hood" see [Halloween Resurrection on IMDB]. The wikepedia article Halloween: Resurrection should be editted to reflect this. Also, a screenwriter's filmography is a list of the films the writer has worked on; the screenwriter's co-writers are usually not listed. See William Goldman as an example. Note also, that films are listed for which Goldman's work went uncredited, such as Fierce Creatures - 1997 (uncredited). All the information in Sean Hood is correct. The only question is whether to allow it, since I myself wrote it. Seanhood 04:16, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, cleanup, and refer Seanhood to WP:AB - please refrain from writing your own bio. KillerChihuahua^?!? 10:27, 7 April 2006 (UTC)
• Keep supportive of KillerChihuahua's suggestions. --ElectricEye 04:56, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

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.