Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Belton

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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. Rewritten and notable. SynergeticMaggot (talk) 03:51, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] David Belton

David Belton (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Article appears to be a WP:COATRACK for Shooting Dogs. I suggest merging the article to Shooting Dogs since the only assert of notability in the article is his involvement with Shooting Dogs. Ozgod (talk) 03:13, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment Generally merger requests are not appropriate for AFD. I was going to chastise you for misusing WP:COATRACK (as normally a biographical accomplishment would not constitute a "bias topic"), but it appears you're right -- the biography apparently exists to introduce a POV essay about why he made the film. Still, it seems like a redirect to the film article is best. --Dhartung | Talk 04:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. It was a copyvio of this news article by him [1]. I rewrote the article from scratch with proper references. He's notable for writing and producing Shooting Dogs, so keep the rewrite. Jfire (talk) 17:34, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Maxim(talk) 14:31, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep After Jfire's rewrite. Bláthnaid 19:37, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. Notable film director/screenwriter/producer. I've expanded the article to include additional cited documentaries and his BAFTA award. Rosiestep (talk) 23:36, 15 March 2008 (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.