Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phil Comeau

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) clpo13_(talk) 17:10, 5 December 2015 (UTC)

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Tagged for CSD G11, however the awards section suggests that there may be just enough notability here to let the article stay - with a major rewrite. Before we get there though we need to determine if the article should stay. TomStar81 (Talk) 11:16, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Musa Talk  12:00, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

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• Keep Yes, I've worked a bit on this article in the past and I can see why someone might have tagged it G11. However, among his awards, he's a member of the Order of Canada. It's the highest Canadian honour for civilian achievements (you wouldn't known it from its article, which is saddled with the usual monarchal crap from a certain editor) and his Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France is a pretty big one, too. Last but not least, the speedy nominator's "searches found nothing better" is baffling. A Gnews search for "Phil Comeau" yields good results: check it out. You've got to be able to read French, to be sure. He's a major Acadian filmmaker, whatever the problems with the article's tone. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:09, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

• I guess WP:ANYBIO is what I was looking for. The Order of Canada and Ordre des Arts et des Lettres alone would suffice, though he has other major honours, too.Shawn in Montreal (talk) 15:07, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

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• There's definitely some improvement needed here for both referencing and tone, I won't argue with that, but there's definitely notability there in principle — being named to the Order of Canada definitely counts toward notability, and there's notable film and television work in here. And I just did a ProQuest search, and did find some suitable articles to fix the referencing with there as well. Keep; I'll put some effort into cleaning it up. Bearcat (talk) 17:48, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

• I can help, too. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:00, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

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