Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Smith (actor)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete. — Scientizzle 15:45, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Matt Smith (actor)

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Does not appear to come close to meeting WP:BIO. When you look at his IMDB profile, he only has very small parts. The one that looks the most substantial is his role in Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight. However, the Wikipedia article on him states that he was originally cast in this role, but had to leave the show. None of the links provided in the article meet WP:RS. JamesTeterenko 15:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Seems like he might be notable in the future, but not quite yet. Accounting4Taste 15:42, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Only a few secondary TV roles does not denote notability according to WP:BIO.--Luis Augusto Peña ^(talk) 15:58, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - doesnt make it per WP:BIO. Bigdaddy1981 23:33, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. I had earlier prodded the article, but it was disputed, and I decided to wait until the Kamen Rider thing came out. Now that he's off the project his only potential claim to notability is gone. Fails WP:BIO for actors. --Dhartung | Talk 04:01, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete barring the addition of independent sources. MrZaius^talk 07:13, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and actresses-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 05:14, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
• STRONG KEEP: he seems to be on a new series, Wizards, which counts for something, and he is a piece of kamen rider history, due to the fact that he starred in the pilot for the series. Having seen his role on Hack recently, its not small, and he seems to also have been in lots of proffesional theatre, according to his IMDB. Maybe wait a bit and see what comes out in the near future rather than delete now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Creativewands (talk • contribs) 20:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Creativewands is an SPA and his views, as such, should be discounted. Bigdaddy1981 23:49, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually, almost all the accounts that have worked on the article are SPAs --Luis Augusto Peña ^(talk) 02:11, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

• Damn - If you can't get an article because one has small parts, that means I'm never gonna get an article :( --WebHamster 12:45, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

It's not the level of achievement but the level of coverage by independent, verifiable sources that matters. See WP:BIO. MrZaius^talk 07:44, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

It's not the statement but the double entendre humour that counts ;) ---- WebHamster 10:11, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

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