Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tazewell Thompson

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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 Keep Could have been "no consensus" but policy arguments seemed stronger on the keep side, and numbers were equal. DES (talk) 05:03, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tazewell Thompson

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Apparntly non-notable theater director / playwright. Importance, prod tags removed without any supporting comment. Nomination for an Emmy does not meet Notability criteria. Garrie 03:36, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete as nominator. Notability threshold does not seem to have been met, despite being tagged for improvement since September 2006.Garrie 03:37, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film and TV-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 03:59, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I also agree that it is non notable. Seems like the subject hasn't had any notable projects lately... okay, one but it's a redlink. --ROASTYTOAST 04:07, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. See http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Tazewell+Thompson%22+site%3Avariety.com for several articles in Variety magazine that seem to establish notability. --Eastmain 05:02, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, per Variety "the new artistic director of the Westport Country Playhouse, making him one of the few African-Americans to head a regional theater of such significant size, history and scope". Profiles in NYT and WaPo. --Dhartung | Talk 05:13, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, since article has 5 notable references, which is more than most other members of the American theatre directors category. Let's not forget the IMDB and IBDB entries. --Cryptic C62 · Talk 20:01, 11 June 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.