Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dhruv Vikram (actor)

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. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 15:01, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Dhruv Vikram (actor) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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Actor who has only acted in one film. Fails WP:Notability and is WP:Too soon. TamilMirchi (talk) 05:28, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. TamilMirchi (talk) 05:28, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. TamilMirchi (talk) 05:28, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of India-related deletion discussions. TamilMirchi (talk) 05:28, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep a quick google will demonstrate this actor passes WP:GNG and the BLP guidelines.   Kadzi   (talk) 09:18, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: He has acted in only one film. The article fails WP:NACTOR, and notability is not inherited even if one's father is a superstar. --Kailash29792 (talk) 11:05, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete The one incident of coverage we have, which under no circumstances would be enough to pass GNG, is too focused on his father and highlighting him as his father's son to constitute independent coverage.John Pack Lambert (talk) 11:51, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: Notability is not inherited; The subject must play significant role in at least two notable films to qualify WP:NACTOR -- Ab207 (talk) 15:20, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: He only has one film that was released and as per WP:NACTOR he needs at least two films where he plays a significant role so hence the article should be deleted. SP013 (talk) 17:05, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: non notable --Devokewater @ 19:33, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect with history to Vikram_(actor)#Personal_life. Right now he may only be known for the single film, however according to this news article he and his father will be starring together in an upcoming film, the tentatively titled Chiyaan 60. Filming was supposed to start around the end of this month, so there's a reasonable chance that this will get made and gain coverage, given the coverage it's received so far. However even if the film doesn't get made and Dhruv Vikram vanishes off the media radar, this would still be a reasonable redirect to the parent's article. It is likely that someone will be curious about the son of a well-known and celebrated actor, particularly one that has starred in a fairly successful film. The redirect would help point them towards the father's article, where he's mentioned, and if/when he stars in another film we will have the article history to pull from. I think outright deleting the article history would be too hasty in this situation, as it looks to be more "when" and not "if" given the acclaim he received for Adithya Varma and the publicity for the upcoming father/son picture. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:07, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• I don't mean for this to sound like crystal balling, it's just that at the very least people would expect for there to be something on this actor and while it's not ideal for it to just be a redirect, at least it's something. Leaving the history intact would help for when there's more coverage, which seems to be likely given that Chiyaan 60 already has quite a bit of coverage and would likely pass WP:NFF once there's confirmation of filming - which would then make this actor pass NACTOR given that his role in the movie looks to be a significant role. (He's on the teaser film poster, for example.) ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:11, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• If the film never gets made and he ends up not starring in anything again, then there's nothing lost by having the article history. If it's recreated too soon and too often, we can always protect it against further edits/reverts. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 06:20, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  ReaderofthePack, that's why we have Dhruv Vikram. Kailash29792 (talk) 07:19, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Ah, didn't notice that - changing my vote to delete since we already have what I was proposing. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 08:37, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• ReaderofthePack Also if you read some of the recent articles, the director has even said that he has not completed the script (which could mean the film is shelved) and without clear concise information that filming has started we can not add it to the page so I agree with your delete statement. SP013 (talk) 15:58, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as non-notable. Actor's credits don't reach WP:BIO. --Lockley (talk) 19:20, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per all of the above Spiderone 13:09, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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.