Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Bonifacio

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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 keep. Coredesat 06:56, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Bonifacio

Charles Bonifacio (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Animator. That appears to be it, unless I'm missing something. Currently misses WP:BIO by a mile. BLACKKITE 17:09, 26 January 2008 (UTC)

  • Keep, meets WP:BIO. GreenJoe 17:41, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete. Would you care to expand your reasoning, GreenJoe? I see nothing notable about this animator, though he has certainly worked on notable projects. henrik•talk 19:38, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete "worked on" is not sufficient. The one reference given includes only the sentence in an article on Clive Smith (who is certainly notable, that "[a]s the resident artist at Nelvana, he recruited and nurtured a host of young animators, mainly from Sheridan College in the mid-'70s. Among them were Chuck Gammage, Charles Bonifacio, Robin Budd and Frank Nissen, all of whom went on to careers as directors and animators for Disney and other companies." that is not a significant mention. DGG (talk) 05:00, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Being director of animation on two Care Bears movies was enough to get him mentioned in the Canadian Journal of Film Studies and in the New York Times. He was also quoted in an article about Sheridan College in The Globe and Mail while he was working at the college. (I have now added the references.) These multiple mentions, I would say, is enough—just barely—to pass WP:N. Keep. --Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 20:07, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. One of the criteria listed at WP:BIO#Creative professionals is:

The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, which has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews.

Although DGG is also correct to question the depth of coverage provided by the sources (thus the "weak" portion of my "weak keep"), I would agree with Paul Erik that an animation director does play a "major role" in the production of animated films. – Black Falcon (Talk) 21:07, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JERRY talk contribs 22:38, 3 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Changed to Weak keep on the basis of the Care Bears -- something I could never have imagined myself saying, but it does apply to the animator. DGG (talk) 02:32, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep per Paul Erik, I believe that the directorial work with the Care Bears satisfies any notability concerns. RFerreira (talk) 20:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Keep reference to notability in 2nd party reviews Logastellus (talk) 19:07, 6 February 2008 (UTC)


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