Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ricky Dominguez

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. --Bongwarrior (talk) 01:30, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ricky Dominguez

Ricky Dominguez (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Despite being tagged more than once for notability, someone keeps removing that tag without adding material to establish notability. Per WP:NN and WP:BIO:

Self-promotion, autobiography, and product placement are not the routes to having an encyclopedia article. The published works should be someone else writing independently about the topic. The barometer of notability is whether people independent of the topic itself have actually considered the topic notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works of their own that focus upon it. Otherwise, someone could give their own topic as much notability as they want by simply expounding on it outside of Wikipedia, which would defeat the purpose of the concept. Also, neutral sources should exist in order to guarantee a neutral article can be written — self-promotion is not neutral (obviously).

The "Selected filmography" isn't at all selected. It contains every role mentioned on IMDB, which itself isn't considered a reliable source. The problem with the roles on IMDB is that they were, with one exception, so trivial that the character didn't even have a name, just a description. The Nip/Tuck and the Judy's Got a Gun roles are both "Highschool student" on IMDB. The Stan credit is listed as "Party Guest." Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is an "orderly." The Hell on Earth role was "student" while the Viva Laughlin role was "Hot Guy." There is no listing on the IMDB name page, or on the Journeyman page or subsequent episode pages, for this person to establish that he in fact appeared on the show. In fact, the only named role listed was in a now 6 year old appearance on Malcolm in the Middle, as "Brian".

Appearances in training videos and local television commercials are not notable and unverifiable. The YouTube videos for which he is supposedly "best known" are self-created and self-posted, while there is nothing beyond self-promoting websites mentioned in Google searches. A search conducted on the kidzbop website for the name "Ricky Dominguez" produces no results, even if that was sufficient to establish notability; any work done there appears to be uncredited voice work for webcast animation, if he appears there at all. These factors do not make notability, not by any stretch of the definition. Someone keeps adding in contact and agent information. This article exists as a promotional page for an unknown aspiring actor who, at this time, does not meet the criteria for notability. Wildhartlivie (talk) 23:54, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete No notability whatsoever; just a few minor apperances and self made YouTube apperances. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 00:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per nom, fails WP:BIO, no major acting roles. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 00:07, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
• Delete An aspiring actor with a few credits to his name isn't notable. Pinkadelica (talk) 03:39, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
• Delete Not notable yet. Alberon (talk) 09:37, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
• flaccid Keep ...oh give the kid a chance. --emerson7 19:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

• Comment It's not our job to give the kid a chance. It's only our job to write articles about persons whose chance has been realized. It's kind of a "we report the news, we don't make it" thing. Wildhartlivie (talk) 22:32, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

• Delete Although I nominated the article for deletion, I thought I should enter my opinion on the existence of the page. Wildhartlivie (talk) 22:32, 7 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.