Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Durand

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 keep. - Bobet 10:55, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kevin Durand

Non notable (Halbared 10:41, 19 August 2006 (UTC))

• Weak keep fairly long IMDB tv-acting resume, though none of the parts look that big. NawlinWiki 11:19, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep not only does he have a very long entry at IMDb but *pictures!* They don't post pictures of people who aren't notable. Anytime you get pictures on IMDb you know they are asserting a notability claim. Wjhonson 18:37, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment No offense, but that's completely wrong. In reality, people listed on IMDb can (for a fee) place their own pictures on the site. As a matter of fact, of his five photos, one is a screencap from a movie, but the other four are photos Durand (or his agency) placed on IMDb themselves. -- Kicking222 21:53, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment IMDB mentions under trivia that he was named as one of Canada's funniest new comedians. If true, and this is verifiable via notable sources, would this confer notability to this actor? Otherwise, the parts he played, although in many shows, do not seem to be major. will381796 23:00, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment TV.com confirms this statement Wjhonson 04:05, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I'm not sure how much that can be trusted, since it looks as though anyone can just go in and edit his entry and add any kind of trivia that they want. will381796 18:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment If you try it, you might find that you can't. Wjhonson 22:45, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment Quoted from when I tried: "You must be (at least) a Level 2 user to make submissions to TV.com. All registered users earn points toward their level for browsing the site, writing reviews, posting on the boards and posting in their blog. Levels are calculated nightly." So, if I browse the site enough, write enough reviews, and post on boards, then I can earn enough points to get Level 2 access and then I'd be able to edit his entry. I have no idea whether TV.com edits or verifies any information that is submitted by users. In addition, the trivia on TV.com is almost identical to IMDB. Are there any Canadian news references to this claim? I have not found any on google. will381796 22:59, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• Comment - The thing is you have to look at the age of the claim. This claim was from about a decade ago. The internet then was not the insidiously invasive tool it is today. Many newspapers weren't online, and people in general, don't go back and OCR old papers and stuff. Some have online indexes that are growing, but most don't. So I'm not surprised you can't find this online. Maybe tag it with a {{fact}} and see if someone else can come up with a citation. Wjhonson 23:02, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• The original question that I asked was whether this would even be a claim of notability, if it is true. Do any other people have an opinion as to whether it would make him notable, if true? According to WP:BIO he would be notable if he considered one of the "Widely recognized entertainment personalities and opinion makers", or if he is a "Notable actors and television personalities who have appeared in well-known films or television productions." He has appeared in many big-name TV productions, but in small roles, and I don't think that he meets any of the listed notability "tests". But we need to get the opinion of more users. will381796 23:11, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - He's more notable than most people, and I'd rather err on the side of keeping "unnotable" people than ending up deleting notable ones. It's subjective enough that if it's there, someone thinks it's notable. - MSTCrow 07:47, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.