Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phil Austin

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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 of the debate was Keep. --Titoxd(?!?) 02:36, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Phil Austin

vanity/bio Skrewler 01:23, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Delete. -- Femmina 01:44, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

  • Keep: The Firesign Theater is quite popular, quite well known, and Nick Danger is still quite well remembered. More particularly, there are many references to the character/skits in other ("hippie") media. The article could be better, but it's not deletion material as it is. Geogre 02:59, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as per WP:BIO. Appeared in several films see IMDb [1] and New York Times movie guide. [2]. Capitalistroadster 17:03, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Weak delete - yes, he has an IMDB entry, but the most recent (of very few in total) items were all TV or straight-to-video, and reviews for the two verifiable films include such choice comments as "This movie is proof that the Firesign Theatre's best medium is radio." Maybe Firesign Theater is bigger than this guy (althoguh he is twice credited as Firesign Theater, so maybe it is this guy) - or maybe radio / record is their medium and I'm just looking in the wrong place? - Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] (W) AfD? 18:01, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
    • Oh, radio was their medium, absolutely. Duck's Breath Mystery Theater and Firesign Theater were, with the National Lampoon Radio Hour, very popular high brow entertainment in the early days of FM (1970's). Their albums sell/sold well, and their syndicated shows were very popular. However, they were never a visual act, and Nick Danger, in particular, is very thin visually. This is the scene that the first Saturday Night Live cast came out of (not this particular troupe, but the nightclub and radio performers of the West Coast in the 1970's). Geogre 04:32, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep per IMDB entry. One shouldn't go on the most recent entries. This guy has several acting and writing credits for regular and TV movies even if straight-to-video stuff was ignored. - Mgm|(talk) 10:37, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Seems to have been a notable radio personality in the 1960s and 1970s. Pburka 21:20, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Delete Tuohirulla 21:22, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Firesign Theatre? Of course it's a keep. Denni ☯ 00:49, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge. -- Antaeus Feldspar 01:16, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand. It's ridiculous to claim this is about his blog when he's been doing work on radio and in theatre for years. It just means no one has bothered to do any research. I've added a few links to external sources and made a start at an expansion. There's plenty of information out there if someone wants to take the time. mennonot 23:52, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep Nick Danger! -- DS1953 04:32, 22 November 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep as per Geogre and Capitalistroadster. Hall Monitor 23:44, 22 November 2005 (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.