Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vincent Davy

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The result was delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 04:04, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Vincent Davy[edit]

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Biography of a recently deceased actor, not reliably sourced as passing WP:NACTOR. As always, every actor is not always guaranteed a Wikipedia article just because he existed -- the notability test for actors requires some evidence of distinction, such as winning a notable acting award or having enough reliable source coverage about his performances to clear WP:GNG. But the only notability claim on offer here is that he performed the French dub of another actor's performance in a television series, not that he was ever actually seen onscreen in any noteworthy roles, and the sole source provided is his death notice in the newspaper classifieds -- which, for added bonus, fails to even verify the dubbing role in the first place, let alone actually analyzing its significance. And while the French article is a lot longer and lists a lot more roles, it's still referenced solely to the same death notice and still cites no actual evidence of notability-building coverage, so we can't just copy any additional sources over from there either. There just isn't anything here that's "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to have much, much more and better referencing than this. Bearcat (talk) 20:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 20:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 20:31, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I have made significant contributions to this article relating to some on-screen appearances in French cinema, as well as a complete list of dubbing roles. If this does not change the general consensus that the article should still be deleted then I would be in disagreement.Jmanlucas (talk) 22:29, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The notability test for an actor is not the list of roles it contains, but the amount of reliable source coverage he has or hasn't received about at least some of his performances in the media. So no, you haven't added anything that changes the equation; all you did is add a gigantic list of roles sourced solely to his IMDb profile, which is not how an actor's notability is established. Notability, for Wikipedia purposes, is not "he's had acting roles" — it's "journalists paid independent analytical media attention to his performances". Bearcat (talk) 15:22, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I don't see anything in the article nor do I find anything on searching that shows the subject passess WP:NACTOR Jeepday (talk) 18:31, 8 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, HistoricalAccountings (talk) 21:44, 9 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete IMDB exists for a reason and this is one of them. Nothing notable, not a single critical review of his work. Slywriter (talk) 22:14, 9 February 2021 (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.