Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Theodore Chester

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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. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 02:03, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Theodore Chester

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This actor does not appear to meet the notability criteria. FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 20:55, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I feel that Theo has played roles in enough high-quality BBC dramas to allow him to be recognised by wikipedia. I also believe that he is to appear in a film next year, which he is currently filming for. I will add this to the page this evening. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kington91 (talk • contribs) 21:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - sorry, it's a well-written article, but he can't really claim "significant roles in notable films, television, stage performances, and other productions" as WP:BIO requires. JohnCD (talk) 21:25, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete. As stated by JohnCD, Wikipedia biography guidelines state that actors should have significant roles in notable films. Clearly, these are subjective terms, and I'm sure an argument could be made that his Peter Pan role met both these criteria. I, for one, do not think so. However, when combined with the non-verifiability of the article, I feel this should be deleted. Tanthalas39 (talk) 21:53, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
  • 'Do Not Delete'. άI feel that this article is very well written, and that Theo's performance in Peter Pan is notable enough to meet Wikipedia's criteria. Therefore it should not be deleted. — Whevertrever (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Delete. Non-notable. Filmography mostly consists of roles as "extra" or "unnamed friend of _____" in non-notable productions (the links mostly go to productions that are NOT the ones in which Chester performed). Ford MF (talk) 01:10, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete. Non-notable per WP:Notability and WP:Notability_(people). Also seems to fail WP:COI. Peasantwarrior (talk) 07:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC) Peasantwarrior (talk) 07:28, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
  • An argument used is that Theo has performed in non-notable performances, as they have not been linked to... However, plays such as Death of a Salesman, and Oh! What a Lovely War, are notable enough that they have been performed thousands, if not more times, in many places... If there were articles covering every single performance of the above plays, I think they would not be considered notable... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.243.73.160 (talk) 17:11, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
    • That Death of a Salesman is notable is not in question, but just because the play is notable, does not mean that every actor who has ever had a small part in any production of the play is notable. I was in my high school production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, but I'm pretty sure that doesn't make me notable. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 19:41, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - just went through the page and removed everything that wasn't sourced per BLP. Basically, it now says he appeared as Slightly in Peter Pan, from the IMDB. If/when he appears in Half-Blood Prince, then he might scrape notability. Depends on how much screen time he gets I suppose. Google with his name and birth year turns up the IMDB, a couple fora, wikipedia, and a couple other misc. sites with no real content. WLU (talk) 15:31, 3 January 2008 (UTC)


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