Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hal Roach (comedian)

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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The result was nomination withdrawn. PhilKnight (talk) 22:07, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hal Roach (comedian)

Hal Roach (comedian) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) –

Notability concerns - lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. PhilKnight (talk) 08:08, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

  • Comment. While the article is completely unsourced, the subject has released several CDs, casettes, and a double-DVD of his comedy, there is a 1995 book of his work,[1], and he has received some significant coverage, which should satisfy notability criteria.[2][3] I haven't done an exhaustive search, so I'm sure there must be more out there.--Michig (talk) 09:12, 29 March 2008 (UTC) ...and he's described by the All Movie Guide as a "comic legend".[4]--Michig (talk) 09:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep The jokes in the article made me laugh. Colonel Warden (talk) 16:09, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep - I've added a couple of references and expanded the intro (though the rest needs work still). A Google News search shows him to have been the subject of plenty of secondary coverage. Gordonofcartoon (talk) 17:00, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep If the mention in Guinness can be verified, that would be an additional reliable source of notability. Mandsford (talk) 18:38, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep. Very notable within his genre, has multiple nationally distributed recordings (not everything need be international in scale), has been cited by Guinness, and I'm in Canada and even I've heard of him (and no I'm not confusing him with the film producer of the same name). 23skidoo (talk) 21:13, 29 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.