Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Christian (actor)

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The result was keep. Star Mississippi 03:16, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

William Christian (actor)[edit]

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Page fails to meet the general notability guidelines for a biolography of a living person. All sources rely on his recent casting on Days of Our Lives, and provide not real-world context for who he is. livelikemusic (TALK!) 15:10, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and Washington, D.C.. Shellwood (talk) 15:50, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. He is a notable actor as he played Police Chief Derek Frye for 17 years (1990–2007) in All My Children. He is currently playing as TR Coates in Days of Our Lives, being classified as a main cast member (regular). He also had other roles as Dr. Marshall Redd in Another World and had also guest-starred in notable television programs. He was also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for his role in All My Children from 1991. But the problem is that the nominator states that it fails WP:GNG since "the sources mainly rely on his recent casting role". The sources mentions his other work, life and they seem to be independent and reliable. There are surely independent articles about his other work in other sites. MoviesandTelevisionFan (talk) 22:29, 9 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Then those should be shown to establish his notability outside of his current role—for which he is already exiting. All of this should be included to establish his notability as a BLP. livelikemusic (TALK!) 17:11, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Meets WP:NACTOR and GNG for non-trivial coverage. There are indeed non-trival sources out there prior to his latest role on Days of Our Lives, but most are behind paywalls since it was so long ago that detail his life and career. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Also not mentioned in the article are his New York off-broadway credits that were reviewed by the larger NY papers. Like the 1989 revival of The Member of the Wedding and the 1996 revival of The Boys in the Band. GoldenAgeFan1 (talk) 16:44, 10 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I note article has been improved since nomination, appears to meet GNG.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 18:20, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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