Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Marc Gilbert

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. If reliable sources can be found then I have no objection to the article being rewritten. Wizardman 14:32, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK , I'll try ;) User:Bruno Grauber 16:27, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Marc Gilbert

A minor journalist in France, directed a few television shows (I think, from the article, which seems to misuse the word "animate"), and I can't seem to track down any references for him at all (lost in the noise of many others named "Marc Gilbert"). No notability demonstrated. ArglebargleIV (talk) 17:49, 9 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Much of his notability may stem from having been the secretary- general of the "Institut Français des Relations Internationales" - cf french wiki article on it - from 79-82. The Oppenheimer documentary sounds interesting; it's hard to do these ones with common names drowned out by others. Searching on his name + death date or + ifri gets a little.John Z (talk) 10:06, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not seeing enough to really satisfy WP:N, no real sources to verify anything with. — The Hand That Feeds You:^Bite 19:57, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 00:52, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 00:53, 12 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Online sources are harder to find for people who died in 1982. In this context, "animated" means "hosted" rather than directed. And hosting the live coverage of Apollo 13 and a number of recurring programs over a period of several years seems to me to be more notable than minor. --Eastmain (talk) 04:53, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No notability, nothing he did really stands out, the article is an absolute mess, reads as if it was mechanically translated from another language, to the point that some of it is incomprehensible, no sources, no reason to keep this. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ^{(talk / cont)} 05:35, 13 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - There is an identical article on this guy in the French Wikipedia. It looks as if someone with very bad English has attempted to translate it over here-or maybe run it through Babelfish Lemon martini (talk) 11:54, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Writing for Reader's Digest and Life would be notable-although I would note that Readers'Digest takes its article from a variety of other magazines and periodicals. And if he did present the coverage of the Apollo 13 mission,that would be notable. If it is kept,it needs a major overhaul to be readably English rather than the mishmash it is now Lemon martini (talk) 11:58, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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