English Wikipedia @ Freddythechick:Articles for deletion/Nicolas Rossier

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. Mark Arsten (talk) 13:12, 16 September 2012 (UTC)

Nicolas Rossier

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I had considered PRODing this, even after cleaning out the puff, but it would probably only invite the addition of the few references (including ones in other languages) that I found but which are not all RS and do not provide enough scope, number, and depth to assert notability per WP:CREATIVE. Mostly are listings and short reviews of the movies. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 04:31, 3 September 2012 (UTC)

Keep - the article should probably also note that he is also a journalist/author and has produced a number of pieces for the Huffington Post (here, here and here) and the Eurasia Review (here). I don't think this would necessarily mean he meets WP:AUTHOR (which is the same as WP:FILMMAKER anyway) but he is recognised for more than just film-making. That said, there are reviews of his work from Variety (here and here), the New York Times (here) and Al Jazeera (here) which notes the film was voted the, "fifth best political documentary of all time by www.screenjunkies.com". I would suggest he probably (just) meets the criteria for WP:FILMMAKER which includes, (paraphrased) "The person has created [...] a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of [...] multiple independent periodical articles or reviews", which I would argue he probably has. Cheers, Stalwart111 (talk) 06:22, 3 September 2012 (UTC).

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:32, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Keep Notable person and has references, article could use additional sources however.Righteousskills (talk) 04:37, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BusterD (talk) 14:59, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Keep meets WP:CREATIVE as the creator of American Radical: The Trials of Norman Finkelstein a work with multiple reviews in reliable sources. Aristide and the Endless Revolution has fewer references cited but there are plenty of online references[1][2]. As the director of multiple notable films, he's notable. --Colapeninsula (talk) 16:23, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Keep - Sufficient career achievement to merit encyclopedic biography. Once again, we need some sort of special notability guidelines for journalists... That this is also a documentary filmmaker of multiple reviewed films seems to bolster the keep case. If ya need a policy, let't call it WP:IAR — use common sense to improve the encyclopedia. Carrite (talk) 16:42, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

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