Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Travis Tedford

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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 — Caknuck 19:55, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Travis Tedford

Travis Tedford (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

doesn't meet wikipedia guidelines; see Wikipedia:Notability (people); The person has been the subject of published - no references given in article, The person has been the subject of a credible independent biography (NO, imdb doesn't count). The person has received significant recognized awards or honors. (NO) The person has demonstrable wide name recognition (NO) The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in their specific field.(NO) Commercial endorsements of demonstrably notable products (Welch's doesn't count) Vectorsap 00:12, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak keep, seems to have just enough to his name, Welch's commercial or not. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 00:20, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, changing to a vanilla keep due to other users below now that I've checked his IMDb page. He has several notable credits, and I have no doubt whatsoever that he's notable enough. Ten Pound Hammer • (((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps))) 02:51, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Significant roles in a number of motion pictures, and Welch's has at least some notability to it. If you're concerned about sources, this seems like a case for a {{references}} tag, not an AFD. AFD is for topics for which you believe such sources don't exist. Someguy1221 00:27, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
What significant roles are you looking at? With the exception of his role as SPANKY (which was a minor role in the movie) he's roles are not significantBalloonman 02:55, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Aside from any other issues, Spanky was definitely a major role in the movie. Propaniac 14:56, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per Someguy. Welch's commercial aside, appeared in The Little Rascals, A Bug's Life and The Haunting. Slap a ref tag on it.--Ispy1981 02:31, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per above. Oysterguitarist~Talk 02:39, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep notable. JJL 02:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • DELETE I don't know what you guys are looking at but [WP:BIO] reads "With significant roles in notable films, television, stage performances, and other productions." His role in a Bugs Life is "additional voices" his role in "The Haunting" is "uncredited additional voices." A number of films/tv appearance in bit parts does NOT equal notability!!! His other roles are equally inept.[1]Balloonman 02:51, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • While he portrayed a significant character in Americana, I would not call this a notable film... and this is the ONLY semi-legit claim to fame.Balloonman 03:08, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 08:11, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and actresses-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 08:11, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep I'd support keeping him on the basis of his Welch's ads alone, to be honest, but the Little Rascals role cements it, not simply because of the prominence of the role, but because when I was a kid at that time, EVERYBODY knew who this guy was. He's that kid from Little Rascals and the grape juice commercial! It was a really recognizable campaign, I guess. Propaniac 14:56, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Emily Mae Young--Ispy1981 16:00, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep: (coughs) If being the lead in a film that did $51 million domestic box office thirteen years ago doesn't pass WP:BIO, I don't know what does. That'd be a pretty decent box today; the grounds for declaring it a "non-notable" film escape me.  RGTraynor  16:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • SPEEDY KEEP (joins RG in coughing) and delete this nomination. While I didn't recognize the name immediately, as soon as I read the article, it was "Oh, the kid who was Spanky on the Little Rascals movie". With all due respect, it does not appear that the nominator is familiar with the film, which was a big hit more than a decade ago. Just as one should become familiar with a subject before writing an article about it, one should be familiar with a subject before nominating it for deletion. I'm envious-- Travis Tedford was wealthier (at 18 anyway) and definitely more famous (at age 6) than most of us will be in our lifetimes. I'm glad to hear that he's living a normal life after having been a child actor. Let's look before we leap, please. Mandsford 22:14, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep, but the roles are just borderline enough for the weak keep, otherwise it would have been a no-vote or weak-delete.--JForget 23:16, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. Spanky is the second most important character in Little Rascals, after Alfalfa. He's well-known for that role! He's also been in several other major films, as previously stated. The article does need work though. Ali (t)(c) 00:42, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment Though it should be kept, I'd argue against expanding the article. Tedford is no longer in show biz, has not sought the limelight (not even a website), is apparently a college student now trying to live a halfway normal life. Mandsford 23:45, 23 June 2007 (UTC)1


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.