Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglas Sloan (television producer)

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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:00, 18 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Douglas Sloan (television producer)

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Non notable BLP. IMDB has been the only source for several years. Deprodded by another editor but no sources have been added. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete that an article with 0, and I mean 0, reliable sources has existed for almost 15 years is a blemish on Wikipedia. Last yet we saw a lot of 2009 or so created undersourced articles nominated for deletion. I did not realize we had so many articles dating back to 2005. Wikipedia's lack of anything like notability criteria before 2006, and the failure to ever review all articles that existed then to make sure that they were being meant is still plaguing us to this day.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:53, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Per Nom and JPL. An article sourced from the "External links" section classifies the article as unsourced Our system has some flaws in it for sure. An article PROD can be contested by anyone (usually the creator) and it can only be used twice if the first time was a WP:BLPPROD, but most editors likely are unaware of that. Placing even a totally unreliable IMDb source in an "External links" section creates a stumbling block to that so an article hangs around until there is an AFD. A BLP with only an IMDb source, and nothing indicating the subject is noteworthy on a search to prove otherwise, does not need to be included on Wikipedia. Otr500 (talk) 16:20, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I won't address the process here, tempting as it may be. However, we almost always delete articles about producers, because as behind the scenes people, they are so run of the mill and don't get the coverage people in front of the camera get. Sorry. Bearian (talk) 18:08, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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