Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Angela Watson

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The result was keep‎. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 22:33, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Angela Watson

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Notability restricted to one TV series, Step by Step, so fails to meet WP:NACTOR, and the limited sourcing (two of which generated "page not found" when I clicked in the article) is straining any demonstration of overall notability beyond the TV series.

It seems to be quite similar to a version under "Angela Watson (actress)" (see Special:Permalink/905294720) before that was redirected to Step by Step. Very few overall acting roles, and none as big as that TV series. I was surprised this hadn't been taken up at AfD before, but if this (former) actress does indeed fail to meet notability today as I pointed out above, I request that the redirect to Step by Step be restored. MPFitz1968 (talk) 23:20, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Actors and filmmakers, Women, and Television. MPFitz1968 (talk) 23:20, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral comment By source count this would pass WP:GNG, however the interviews from Backstage and Hometown Country Music currently 404 and do not appear on Wayback, so if there is a keep case to be made new sources should be found. Nathannah • 📮 23:48, 5 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The subject passes Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria, which says:
People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
- If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability.
Sources
1. Mendoza, M.F. (1994-05-29). "With an eye on ...: Angela Watson's acting is a big put-on--and that fits the part just fine". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2025-10-06. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  The article notes: "The actress’ five-year career bio almost reads like a how-to manual for young actresses: beauty pageant winner to model to commercial actress to hit TV series co-star. The actress’ five-year career bio almost reads like a how-to manual for young actresses: beauty pageant winner to model to commercial actress to hit TV series co-star. She won her first beauty pageant to become Miss Sunburst at a mall competition. Within two years, Miss Sunburst had 60 more crowns and 200 trophies vying for shelf space. ...The pageants led to modeling. Two years after Watson was named Face Finders’ Model of the Year 1987, her family moved to California so she could begin an acting career. After a series of national commercials, she won a recurring role in 1991 on ABC’s short-lived “Davis Rules,” which starred Jonathan Winters. ... The pageants led to modeling. Two years after Watson was named Face Finders’ Model of the Year 1987, her family moved to California so she could begin an acting career. After a series of national commercials, she won a recurring role in 1991 on ABC’s short-lived “Davis Rules,” which starred Jonathan Winters."
2. Slate, Libby (October 2000). "Ms. Watson goes to Washington". Emmy. Vol. 23, no. 5. p. 16. ProQuest 2296258691.
  The article notes: "The biggest concern of Karen Foster on the 1991–98 series Step by Step was which shade of lipstick to wear. The actress who played Foster — Angela Watson — has triumphed over a far greater challenge: her parents, as one judge said, "squandered" the money shed earned from her seven seasons on the show, her two years on Davis Rules and various commercials. Including interest, the loss was calculated at $2.8 million. ... Watson has created the nonprofit CAST (Child Actors Supporting Themselves) Foundation, which coordinates the free services of attorneys, accountants and investigators. She also hopes to send CAST representatives to sets to talk to youngsters about their parents and investments. Having put her acting career on hold to work on the legislation, Watson is back doing animation voiceovers, singing at concerts with her country-rock band, American Made, and recording a CD. Her production company, Watsup Productions, is developing a musical animated series."
3. Lantz, Francess Lin (1996). "Up Close and Personal: Angela Watson". Be a Star!. Mahweh, New Jersey: Rainbow Bridge. Troll Communications. pp. 141–147. ISBN 978-0-8167-3720-8. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
  The book notes: "Can a farm girl from small-town Illinois find success and happiness in glamorous, glittery Hollywood? If the girl is nineteen-year-old Angela Watson, star of the ABC-TV series Step by Step, the answer is a resounding yes! But back in Danville, Illinois, Angela didn't dream of a career in show business. ... Still, she did have a flair for performing. She took tap-dancing lessons from the age of three, and her mother, Barbara, recalls, ... When Angela was eleven, her father, Allen, a farmer, retired. Looking to escape the snow, he moved his family (including Angela's sister and brother) to Cape Coral, Florida. Angela and her mother were at the local mall one day when they saw an advertisement for the Miss Sunburst beauty pageant."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Angela Watson to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 08:26, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Updated the references in the article including the link changes so they all work now. With the two additional sources identified by Cunard (LA Times was already in article although strangely with different author and title but same date and source) seems a straightforward pass of WP:GNG. Nnev66 (talk) 21:33, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete I get that she was in step by step which was an influential show but it does not look like she has done anything significant since then, and I cannot find any reliable secondary sources. Agnieszka653 (talk) 23:19, 8 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Cunard's sources. pburka (talk) 23:01, 10 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep just passes WP:GNG per Cunard. Iljhgtn (talk) 03:40, 11 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep As per the sources found by Cunard, they seem sufficient for basic notability. Absurdum4242 (talk) 19:00, 12 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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