Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al McFoster

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 06:33, 18 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Does not meet WP:GNG, no coverage in independent reliable sources. I wasn't able to find any additional coverage searching online. Film and television appearances appear to be largely limited to bit parts, does not appear to meet WP:NACTOR. The initial editor of the article appears to be a SPA as well. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:31, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:31, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:31, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. _signed, Rosguill ^talk 23:31, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2020 June 10. —^{cyberbot I}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 23:46, 10 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Most film and television appearances do meet WP:NACTOR however there are a few small roles. Additional coverage to meet WP:GNG can be found online with a good search. Definitely is a notable DJ based on search on alias name as well. _signed, Taasyn ^talk03:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  Taasyn, could you provide examples of such additional coverage? _signed, Rosguill ^talk 22:53, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete apparances as non-significant characters, which is what he actually has, do not constitute meeting notability for actors.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:15, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Barely found anything about him. ASTIG😎 _{(ICE T • ICE CUBE)} 01:21, 12 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. NACTOR is not automatically passed just because an actor can list roles — every actor can always list roles, because having acting roles is literally the job description. What it takes to get an actor over the notability bar is not just a list of roles, but evidence of reliable source coverage in media about the actor and his performances, in order to neutrally and objectively and externally establish that the roles were actually as "significant" as claimed. But there's zero evidence of that here: seven footnotes, literally not a single one of them a reliable or notability-supporting source. This is not how you get an actor over the notability hump. Bearcat (talk) 03:49, 13 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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