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The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 16:53, 27 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Nicholas Massa

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Does not meet the notability requirements of WP:BIO and poses some serious verifiability problems. All sources provided are problematic. The first mentions his name once in passing. The second is an IMDb profile that, given the tone, looks like it was written by Massa himself or someone close to him. The third is a list of graduates of the New York Film Academy but contains zero specific content about Massa. The fourth and fifth confirm that two of his short films received an "award of merit" from something called the "Best Shorts Competition" but this is not that impressive an achievement since dozens of shorts receive an "award of merit" every year (20 other films get the more prestigious "special mention" or "award of excellence"). I can find no other coverage of any depth on the web. His acting career is also not notable with parts in his own shorts or bit parts in little-known films. According to IMDb, his participation in one episode of Arrested Development is as a stand-in and is uncredited. In the article history, a user claiming to be his mom asserts that Massa is dead. This is unverifiable as far as I can tell and the claim has been removed by Racklever (talk · contribs). Pichpich (talk) 21:24, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:29, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:29, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete IMDb is not considered a reliable source by Wikipedia standards. It aims to be comprehensive, and thus incorporate totally unremarkable people like Massa. Wikipedia has standards and is not meant to incorporate people.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:27, 10 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 12:30, 13 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Joe (talk) 20:33, 20 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I can't verify whether this person is still alive or not. His social media [1] has no posts since June 2017, and a bunch of unsourced internet rumors suggesting he's dead. None of his roles suggest he meets WP:NACTOR, and I can't find any secondary coverage that meets WP:GNG. The "Best Shorts Competition Award of Merit" appears to be awarded to over 100 people per year and doesn't demonstrate notability. power~enwiki (π, ν) 21:10, 21 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete almost no details about his biography, let alone notability. Raymond3023 (talk) 15:38, 22 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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