Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Merriman

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 14:38, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

David Merriman

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Repeatedly moved from draft by conflicted user, this clearly fails WP:NFILMMAKER and WP:NMUSICIAN. Theroadislong (talk) 17:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers and Bands and musicians. Theroadislong (talk) 17:25, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:38, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Alabama-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:39, 3 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Misinformation corrected in regards to record deal not being secured -evidence of such clearly provided in articles . Personal information removed about family, as is appropriate. Denseem (talk) 08:45, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No point of view of skew was taken on this articl, simply correcting inaccuracy and removing personal information Denseem (talk) 08:51, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Denseem, you don't need to make 5 nearly identical comments saying the same thing. It can discourage participation from other editors and the best way to come to a consensus to have sufficient editor participation in deletion discussions. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 00:38, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the duplicate comments, leaving only one copy behind. Left guide (talk) 11:03, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep I see 1.5 good sources about him - the AL source is substantial; the first Irish Times is brief but is about him. In the rest he's listed as a collaborator with not much about him, or they are interviews. I didn't find anything else about him. NOM seems to be correct that there are COI issues and there appear to have been possible WP:SOCK issues as well. Good to keep an eye on. Lamona (talk) 16:53, 6 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
two Variety articles and Screen magazine are substantial sources in the film business. 77.75.96.206 (talk) 14:01, 7 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that those articles are not about him; he is only name-checked there. So those don't count toward notability, even though they can source some information in the article. Lamona (talk) 16:57, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, RL0919 (talk) 18:26, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Aydo h8^[contribs] 14:30, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I stand by my original prod rationale "there is no significant coverage in reliable third-party sources that establish notability. The currently cited sources offer nothing beyond passing mentions or interviews, including a few hearsay articles". GSS ^💬 16:11, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 00:23, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I did a cursory search for independent, secondary WP:RS and what's available is pretty sparse. Yes, the Irish Times article is brief and is about him but that is arguably a local source. An independent secondary source that has in-depth, substantial coverage in one or more articles would be more clearly convincing. I got more more notability about the architectural professor of the same name, but relatively little outside exclusively local sources for this musician, lacking the widespread secondary coverage required for notability. GuardianH (talk) 20:35, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - It's a close call but I must agree with the other delete voters above. Merriman has been mentioned in the reliable media a few times but mostly in the form of brief mentions in articles about other people or projects. The WP article attempts a WP:REFBOMB to sources that are actually about the people or incidents that Merriman's films are about, and the films themselves received little notice in their own right. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:46, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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