Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joanna Foster

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The result was keep. ✗plicit 03:43, 9 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Joanna Foster

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No sources for this one and I can't find anything out there to indicate notability. An actor that has appeared in mostly minor roles and is related to someone. Not enough to indicate WP:GNG for a Wikipedia article, in my opinion. Not yet, anyway. Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 00:54, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Passes WP:NACTRESS. She was a leading stage actress in regional theaters, and had some major roles in some world premieres by well known writers. She also had multiple principal roles in British television dramas. I've added several reviews and will be adding more references as I further expand the article. There is quite a lot of coverage in offline references and in PROQUEST.4meter4 (talk) 04:29, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Hmm if you say so. All the sources you added are from the same publication and do not look like like significant coverage. Just reviews of mostly regional plays. Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 16:20, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I have access to The Stage archives which is UK's major publication for theatre, television, and film coverage; comparable to Variety in the United States through PROQUEST. Many of the reviews have in-depth critiques of her performances, and not all of them are regional, such as her performance in the Royal National Theatre's The Threepenny Opera. I would also consider any performance with the Royal Shakespeare Company and The Young Vic significant given their international reputations. I am not done adding sources, and have not yet begun looking through the archives of The Times, The Guardian, etc. I would imagine other sources will appear. For the moment I am combing through the lengthy number of articles in The Stage, but will move on to other databases later. Also, there are some books and reviews I have added from other sources already, so not everything I have added is from the same publication. Best.4meter4 (talk) 18:48, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well thanks for adding sources. Clearly the early consensus agrees with you. Pyrrho the Skipper (talk) 18:54, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The additions to the article since nomination make it clearly pass WP:NACTRESS. (Good job, 4meter4).OsFish (talk) 06:05, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Women, and United Kingdom. Shellwood (talk) 10:38, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above.GR86 (📱) 13:36, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. In addition to 4meter4's excellent work, there is a lot on Wikipedia Library Ebsco search, including JSTOR 44657256, which has several pages on a five-hander performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1991); Times review of her in the lead in The Lady from the Sea at the Gate (Jeremy Kington, Times, Feb. 5, 1987); 3 paragraphs of coverage in the Sunday Times (Geordie Greig. Minding the family business; Edinburgh Festival. Sunday Times Aug. 26, 1990); and lots more. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:21, 2 November 2022 (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.