Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Barrett-Mills

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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 Delete. Kungfu Adam (talk) 17:18, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James Barrett-Mills

James Barrett-Mills (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - (View log)

[Check Google hits] Non-notable film director. Fails WP:BIO.

Also listing the following related article for deletion as the non-notable film he produced:

Looking at the IMDB profile for this person[1], it was created by the user "Bdonovan24", the same username that created both of these articles. I suspect the movie's IMDB entry [2] was likewise created by him (though it doesn't say), so this appears to be nothing more than a self-promo campaign. --AbsolutDan (talk) 06:53, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Update: Correct IMDB profile for James is here: [3]. --AbsolutDan (talk) 07:11, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment IMDB is not a blog, information is given to them by the distribution companies. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk • contribs).
    • Unfortunately IMDB allows anyone to submit information with minimal effort. They do not verify that information is from distribution companies and much of their data is from fans and spammers. For this reason it cannot be treated as a reliable source. Gwernol 22:10, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete fails WP:BIO and looks like the work of a WP:SPA - self promotion in this case. The Rambling Man 09:25, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - Suspicions of self-promotion are irrelevant. The question is whether or not the information in the article is verifiable. It is clearly verifiable. I tried to verify it and was successful. I'm not saying the guy should get a writeup like Spielberg, but he is noteworthy. --Lee Vonce 21:37, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - per nom; one short film (shot, per IMDb, on a $50 budget) doesn't equal notable. Robertissimo 06:23, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Speedy delete "James Barrett-Mills" under WP:CSD#A1 and WP:CSD#A7. Delete "7 men" as non-notable, vanity. Iced Kola 04:17, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not WP:N (imdb is not a reliable source as noted by Gwerno) and thus not WP:V either. As Iced Kola says, WP:CSD A1 and A7 apply here, but given CoI concerns, probably better to let the AfD run its course so that G4 will apply to recreations. Angus McLellan (Talk) 17:29, 23 January 2007 (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.