Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Yard

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I've hunted for citations to support notability for this comic, and found no in-depth coverage. I don't think he meets the notability requirement. Diannaa (talk) 03:13, 30 June 2015 (UTC)

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• Keep - As a general rule, I dislike assertions that start with statements like "I couldn't find anything . . . " You didn't hunt too hard. I was able to source three other TV shows he has been a part of in the first page of google. Granted he's not a huge star, maybe he's not that good, but he is appearing multiple times a week on a nightly TV show that has been on the air for almost 6 months. Prior to that, he had TV and stand up comedy credentials including winning the Get Up, Stand Up competition, which probably put him on Comedy Central's radar for the assignment as contributor. But please, don't try to get credit for another article deletion based on a disingenuous statement. Trackinfo (talk) 07:25, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

• Delete I, too, did a search on Google but the sources I found (Splitsider, Youtube, Facebook, Comedy Central) are not third-party neutral sources of information (he's employed by CC, Splitsider is some guy's personal web site). Trackinfo, do you have an RS for the award? The site listed seems to be a comedy venue (their web site is a bit vague), which again would not be a RS. I did find one newspaper article [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/18/urbaneye/18ubn1.html] but it's just a mention. LaMona (talk) 00:40, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

::You do need to consider the normal mean of publicity in each industry. Just as any University would post a resume of the professors they hire, a comedy club would post a resume of the comedians they are booking, to attract an audience. Unless somebody is big, you aren't going to find a write up in the NYT. We have already established this guy is small potatoes. Comedy Central is in the same boat, they are hiring performers and promoting performers. Among the sources not included, this guy has (actually more than one) booking contacts, meaning an agent. He's out there doing performances or that wouldn't exist. [http://www.standupny.com/comedians/mike-yard/ he's booked in a comedy club in NY this week and at the end of the month, presumably when he is in town doing the Nightly Show. They are selling tickets, so he's not a nobody begging for mike time. He wouldn't be on Comedy Central if he was. OK, taking from the statements in the Standup NY bio, he performs at Carolines [http://www.carolines.com/comedian/the-big-show/ check], Comedy Store [http://lajolla.thecomedystore.com/comedian.cfm?id=1226 check], Rascals [http://www.southjersey.com/articles/?articleID=15998 check and not the club's site, but a general local entertainment site], Mohegan Sun [http://mohegansunpocono.com/events-and-promotions/schedule-of-events/mike-yard.html check], Improv [http://improv.com/comedian.cfm?id=1226 check], add http://magoobys.com/event.cfm?id=217381 Magooby's], [http://wisecrackers.biz/Comics_Pages/mike_yard.html Wisecrackers]. Yeah, there is the obvious pattern of them repeating the same bio. He's not big time enough to get a rewrite at each club, but this certainly proves he is working and gets around, and that the claims in the bio are not B.S. Looking at a bigger name, parallel comedian on the same circuit when he's not on TV [[Ron Funches, the article is not much better, just more layout of TV appearances. Trackinfo (talk) 03:08, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

• Comment. I find this a borderline case at the moment. RS mentions can be found of Yard as a standup headliner, such as [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-198420121.html] and [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-622557721.html]. He is a regular performer on a fairly high-profile nightly program that's getting considerable press attention. His appearances on The Nightly Show are also getting mentions, notably this Los Angeles Times article about his "Hand Gun" character [http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-the-nightly-show-introduces-its-newest-contributor-hand-gun-20150304-story.html]. Here's a profile and interview in a British publication of uncertain RS status called Flavourmag.[http://www.flavourmag.co.uk/mike-yard-one-of-americas-hottest-comedians/] Village Voice/New Times reviewer Inkoo Kang recently wrote about him as "a great foil in MVP contributor Mike Yard, a grumpface who sounds like a Muppet and hails from the Virgin Islands".[http://www.villagevoice.com/film/gonna-miss-jon-stewart-don-t-worry-larry-wilmore-s-hitting-his-stride-7316943][http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/film/gonna-miss-jon-stewart-dont-worry-larry-wilmores-hitting-his-stride-7457117] I suspect that if he isn't yet notable, it's likely only a matter of time. --Arxiloxos (talk) 03:41, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

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