Talk:Barkhad Abdi

Notable

He has a golden globe award nomination, plus he is odd-on favorite to win an oscar nomination.

If he's notable, then write about why he's notable in the article, and give sources. Also, please sign your posts with ~~~~. Thank you. Thesixthstaff (talk) 19:03, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, I would more than likely have not tagged it for deletion if the article had said ANY of the previous stated facts about hime. Pending^{Tell me I screwed up!}

Using WP:Notability:Entertainers he (1) doesn't have extensive acting experience and (2) probably wouldn't have an extensive following yet. Requirement (3), however "Has made unique, prolific or innovative contributions to a field of entertainment" is one he does meet. A cab driver from Minneapolis who is a walk-in for an open casting call and gets the part is notable. He couldn't swim, shoot or act, but they took him anyway. This would be a fun article to write but it needs to say why he's notable. There just isn't enough here. Information on him isn't hard to find; just write a paragraph or two on what he's done, cite your sources, and there shouldn't be an issue of notability. Rus793 (talk) 20:54, 8 January 2014 (UTC)

The article now claims notability, so I've removed the request. Whether he meets the notability guidelines is something to be decided at RfD by the community, not by me. Osiris (talk) 00:47, 9 January 2014 (UTC)