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Mere Smith

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Non-notable script-writer, fails WP:BIO

(Note: "Evil Gal Productions", according to the Wayback Machine, was Mere's personal blog website) ApexParagon (talk) 22:43, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Women, Television, Rhode Island, and Texas. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 08:09, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:25, 22 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I think that she meets WP:AUTHOR / WP:CREATIVE. Doing an internet search on her name, I realised that there are WP articles about many individual episodes of Angel, and in fact 6 of the episodes she wrote have their own article. So she meets WP:CREATIVE#3: "The person has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews ..." She was also the subject of a question in a nationally syndicated trivia quiz in 2001 [1], which is not a criterion of any notability guidelines, but surely indicates that the body of work she created was well known. I'll see what sources I can find. RebeccaGreen (talk) 13:16, 27 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:31, 29 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John Robitaille

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Businessman and onetime political candidate. I don't see an argument for him being notable. I couldn't find any news coverage of him from the last 15 years. There were some articles from November 2024 about a candy store owned by a John Robitaille, but that store was in California, so I doubt it's the same person. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 20:39, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Politicians, and Rhode Island. Shellwood (talk) 22:02, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I remember this candidate. He was up and coming. 2010 was the year the Republicans snatched defeat from victory. I'm not sure if it should be merged or redirected to the election article, in lieu of deleting, which I think would be a bad outcome. Discuss. Bearian (talk) 20:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I forgot to say in the nomination but I would support a redirect to 2010 Rhode Island gubernatorial election. BottleOfChocolateMilk (talk) 00:10, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:29, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect as suggested. Bearian (talk) 20:07, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. I think this is a WP:BLP1E situation where most sources comes from the campaign. Per WP:NOPAGE this should be directed to that article, which is more relevant for historical significance.--Mpen320 (talk) 02:31, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]