Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William C. Laufer

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The result was delete. JForget 00:29, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

William C. Laufer[edit]

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Appears to fail WP:BIO. SchuminWeb (Talk) 20:23, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the CSD tag I'd put on, which was converted to a prod by User:SoWhy, and by his prod reason of "A search for references failed to find significant coverage in reliable sources to comply with notability requirements. This included web searches for news coverage, books, and journals, which can be seen from the following links:
William C. Laufer – news, books, scholar
Consequently, this article is about a subject that appears to lack sufficient notability.".[1] Why the prod was removed, I honestly don't understand. No one had protested it yet, the only editors to this and the other two related have been Laufer's daughter and a sock/meatpuppet, and the related company AfD is currently at unanimous delete. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 20:32, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Collectonian. Darrenhusted (talk) 21:19, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this person. Joe Chill (talk) 02:16, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment A search for "Bill Laufer" and including the film's names and/or Dove Foundation brings more sources that the name "William C. Laufer" by itself. Appears that sources independent of the subject may be available for the article's cleanup. I'll look into it in the morning. Anyone else wish to begin in the meanwhile? Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 09:15, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

And can you confirm that they are the same, and not that Bill isn't some other Laufer family member? -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 14:11, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What I can note is that in several interviews, William C. Laufer of Laufer Films and Christmas at Maxwell's is often referred to as "Bill". The confirmation is within the text and context of those articles and interviews. But as I am off now to work, this is something I will not be able to get to for several hours. You are welcome to continue questioning whether or not the name "Bill" is ever used by someone named "William". Article improvement, at least be me, will happen later. Then I will be back to report my progress and offer an informed opinion as to keep or delete. Thank you, Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 20:03, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination. LargoLarry (talk) 15:40, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I believe he passes WP:ENTERTAINER having a notable role in notable films. Dream Focus 18:49, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- He's not an actor. Joe Chill (talk) 18:51, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - Whatever. He played a notable role in various notable things. http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2008/11/10/news/nh82776.txt talks about the The Lost Sparrows of Roodepoort, and Christmas at Maxwell's gets plenty of coverage. Dream Focus 18:59, 9 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Collectonian and everybody else. Shadowjams (talk) 10:51, 12 December 2009 (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.