Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ralph Staub

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. —Kurykh 17:54, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ralph Staub

Ralph Staub (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Geesh, this should have looked familiar to me. I prod'd it, it was contested it, I afd'd it and then someone deleted the afd. Anyhow, I tried to prod it again, forgetting it had been prod'd before and my reasons are the same now as they were then: There is absolutely no evidence of notability here and don't tell me he has an IMDB page. As I mentioned on the talk page back in January, the drama/music guy from my summer camp did the score for one B movie (and calling it a B movie is being nice) and as a result, he has an IMDB page and a rotten tomatoes page. And that is the sole pro work he has done. Who is to say Ralph is any more notable than my summer camp friend? Nothing! There is no indication of awards, honors, nominations for either, his films being in the top ten of box office receipts, ... NOTHING! Postcard Cathy 12:10, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep - From the IMDB page I learn that three of his short subjects in the Screen Snapshots series have been nominated for the Academy Award and he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.--Tikiwont 14:14, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. He was nominated for Academy Awards in 1944, 1945 and 1946. That seems to satisfy notability for creative professionals, in that "The person's work either...has won significant critical attention...." Also, he directed 198 films, which may be somewhat more notable than your summer camp friend...or at least more prolific. :) If we class him as an entertainer rather than a creative professional, he seems also to qualify for keep on "Has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment." Not all of them are documentary shorts, either. According to IMDb, he did a number of full length comedies in the 30s and 40s. Moonriddengirl 15:03, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, there are few online sources but what we have indicates that he was producer/director of a popular series of newsreels for some 20 odd years, a series thrice nominated for an Oscar. This was essentially the Entertainment Tonight or Showbiz News of its pre-TV day. That seems miles beyond the nominator's "one credit in a B movie" scenario. In general with historical topics it is more difficult to find sources, but this must have been notable in its day by all indications. --Dhartung | Talk 10:52, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

Isn't it kind of sad that it takes this much effort for someone to improve an article? Postcard Cathy 21:45, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

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