Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Bocking

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The result was Nomination withdrawn (non-admin closure) — Caknuck 15:06, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Bocking

Withdraw: Sorry, I didn't look him up; I went based on the contributor ~ Wikihermit 19:56, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Richard Bocking (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Non notable. Article was created by "kevin bocking" ~ Wikihermit 00:01, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I fail to see the issue with the notability of this person. He's an award winning director. Please explain why you think he is not notable. Oppose. Pepsidrinka 00:59, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the duty to prove notability is on the article. Personally I'm not yet convinced, he appears on IMDB with a single producing credit for a mini series on his name. His book ranks pretty low on the Amazon charts. However there are several trent university hits for him (Infact, most of the editorial or commentary pieces I find are linked to Trent University) so there is a possible case there. However the case would have to be made. There is also a potential CoI if Kevin Bocking is a close relative. For the moment......Weak Delete Narson 01:21, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Upon some further checking, it seems one of the prizes attributed to him (The Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize) he didn't win, he was merely nominated for. The prize has to be notable too, and the one he did win is annother of the battery of prizes given out to writers in BC. The 'award winning documentary' on music received an internal prize at CBC (Thats what the Prix Anik seems to be, its a bit hard to find any information on it). Changing my vote appropiatly. Strong Delete Narson 01:40, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

I've edited the article accordingly. Calgary 02:14, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Weak Keep. He's got a few awards and a number of documentaries. I have no problem with a relative originating the article, since it is NPOV. Clarityfiend 01:26, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Keep. Seems fine to me, but I would like to see a few more references. His book is widely reviewed. I don't see any COI problems, the info comes from the biographical article. The author may have provided addition info for the infobox not available in the article. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 01:35, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Week Keep per Clarityfiend. Oysterguitarist 01:55, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep I have to say, he seems notable. Maybe he's not incredibly well known, but it still seems enough for a wikipedia article. And I have to say I think that the author of the article is irrelevant, as it certainly doesn't look like a vanity article. Calgary 02:14, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Just meets WP:BIO Johnbod 02:28, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Keep In response to some of the previous arguments, IMDB is not the perfect website yet and as such does not list every single accomplishment. Another reason that he may not be considered notable is that he is from the 1970s and 80s and does not resonate well with people today since he does not produce films anymore (semi-retired). In fact, he was well known in the 70's and 80's for his documentaries. As for the crappy referencing, this is (was?) a work in progress and i haven't completely found everything there is to know about Mr. Bocking. I also apologize to "Narson" for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction prize mistake. Thanks to calgary it is now fixed, :) *Keep - kevinbocking 03:04, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Seems notable to me, maybe not well known. Callelinea 04:52, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep More than meets WP:BIO. Clearly notable filmmaker, NPOV article. Google hits are less relevant for an individual whose career flourished mainly before the existence of the Web. Not being well-known to Americans does not constitute non-notability. --Charlene 04:54, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep, seems to be sufficiently notable. Groupthink 06:01, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Passes WP:BIO as both an author and film director. Adequate sources. Tevildo 16:59, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

• Keep definitely notable in Canada.--JForget 18:31, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

• Strong Keep notability clearly established. Fulfills many criteria put forth by WP:BIO tdmg 19:58, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

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