Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laurence Ballard

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The result of the debate was no consensus = keep. — FireFox 11:49, 28 May '06

[edit] Laurence Ballard

Sounds like a non-notable actor. Ethii 12:29, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

• This fellow is a professional actor has appeared in speaking rôles in three separate television programmes, and has worked on stage in many famous theatres. The article needs to be rewritten, however; there's so little context I can't even tell where he's from, other than that he's American (since all articles lacking information about where a bloke is from refer to either Americans or New Zealanders, for some reason). fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 12:58, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment His IMDB entry [1] doesn't have much, and only verifies a couple of the credits listed in the article. Fan1967 13:07, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep – but cleanup and rewrite – Gurch 13:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Very weak keep but clean up a lot. -- Kicking222 13:24, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Judging from his imdb entry he's not exactly notable Ydam 13:36, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
  • IMDb don't care about theatrical rôles. Also, each thing listed on his IMDb entry is a speaking part. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 14:30, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
    • I agree about the imdb not mentioning theatrical roles but I don't believe of those theatrical roles we know about make him notableYdam 14:39, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, Wikipedia is not IMDB --Ethii 18:26, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Delete after looking at IMDB entry. 2 single-episode TV roles and 1 role in a movie, 11th-billed (after "Finnish Teammate") and that movie only grossed 500K, making it quite obscure. Sorry, but that just isn't enough IMHO. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:24, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep/ needs lots of cleanup. I separated out his stage work from his film and television work. He does have one listing on the Internet Broadway Database for a New York stage appearance. —ERcheck @ 04:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep but rewrite he is a very well renowned actor in the theatre world who has played leading roles in in the most well respected theatres all over the United States. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 216.254.13.209 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 25 May 2006.

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.