Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Timothy combe

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The result was Keep. The original views seems to be from prior to the expansion and inclusion of more sources to the article. Ricky81682 (talk) 01:14, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Timothy combe[edit]

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Non-notable director. No reliable sources found to indicate any significance. Tinton5 (talk) 19:31, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Besides directing a few Doctor Who episodes, he doesn't seem to be of much note. Raykyogrou0 (Talk) 20:00, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom - can't find much besides mentions in DW articles —Мандичка^YO 😜 22:06, 11 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. lavender|^{(formerly HMSSolent)}|lambast 00:13, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete: He directed Doctor Who and Z-Cars? Is the latter a show or a type of Nissan? The article says he's only known for those two things, and yet it says that he's really a theatrical agent. Huh? Even internal claims for notability fail. Oh, and one assumes he spells his last name with a capital letter. Hithladaeus (talk) 00:36, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Might be an idea to check very basic facts before commenting - Z-Cars was a massively successful UK tv show. Not everything is America, you know :) Lots of written references too - I'll add some (surname does indeed need amended though) StuartDouglas (talk) 10:29, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment And the article says 'best known' not 'only known' - you might at least read articles you comment on StuartDouglas (talk) 10:30, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  - Oh, I'm stung to the quick! You know what would help? Formatting. I know it's pedantic, but I'm a sucker for little things like italics to show a television series. It's possible that I was even pointing out the lack of formatting with my comment. I could even have been doing that to highlight the amount of obsessive love people will poor onto the worst conceived article here when it shows the most manifest lack of forethought and execution there. You know. . . crazy things like giving a person a capital letter for his last name. Writing well is a form of self-defense. Nevertheless, I'm sure that it is a matter of great seriousness that "Timothy combe" be preserved so that its author's carefully chosen words may be honored. Hithladaeus (talk) 18:48, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    - How silly - you seem to think minor and easily amended typoes are the same thing as your inability to read. Oh well, intellectual level established. Is that why Wikipedia policy on proper and courteous behaviour has passed you by - nobody to read it out loud to you? In which case, apologies - I would never mock anyone with learning difficulties. StuartDouglas (talk) 08:55, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. Z Cars was a very significant British drama which ran for 16 years, 1962-1978. According to IMDB he was its 5th most prolific director[1], and all the top 4 on that list have Wikipedia pages, though all have somewhat longer CVs than Combe. Combe's IMDB page is here: [2]. It says he retired from directing to become an actors' agent in the 1970s, but has appeared in a few documentaries as himself in the 2000s. He's probably borderline but I lean to "weak keep". Adpete (talk) 04:51, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Appears in the Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors and it doesn't seem difficult to find coverage in other sources. Andrew D. (talk) 12:00, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Article updated with multiple sources.StuartDouglas (talk) 08:58, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Davewild (talk) 17:33, 19 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JAaron95 (Talk) 14:17, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Directed a number of episodes of two very significant series, plus a fair number of others. -- Necrothesp (talk) 14:02, 1 July 2015 (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.