Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Griffin (playwright)

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The one source cited in an unreliable source that is similar to IMDB. Not clear the subject passes WP:GNG.4meter4 (talk) 22:06, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

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• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Theatre. Zeibgeist (talk) 23:54, 18 February 2025 (UTC)
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• Keep There are plenty of reviews of his plays - he definitely meets WP:AUTHOR #3. I will add sources to the article (and more sources to the article about his play The Boys Next Door. RebeccaGreen (talk) 10:34, 19 February 2025 (UTC)
• Keep. Clear pass of WP:NAUTHOR as the creator of a number of significant and well-known plays, particularly The Boys Next Door. These are some of the sources I found based on a very cursory search: [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-30-ca-40420-story.html] [https://variety.com/1993/film/reviews/mrs-sedgewick-s-head-1200434430/] [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/18/theater/theater-the-boys-next-door.html] [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/25/theater/stage-boys-net-door-at-lamb-s.html] [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/01/nyregion/theater-life-with-the-boys-next-door-dignity-despite-disabilities.html] [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/10/30/theater/theater-einstein-and-the-polar-bear-at-the-cort.html] [https://www.providencejournal.com/story/entertainment/events/2017/09/28/theater-the-boys-next-door-returns-to-its-roots/18715538007/]. This [https://www.providencejournal.com/story/entertainment/local/2018/03/28/acclaimed-barrington-playwright-tom-griffin-dies-at-72/12895674007/ obituary] also lists several awards and fellowships and says that he wrote 14 screenplays, so there could be an additional basis for notability there. MCE89 (talk) 12:56, 22 February 2025 (UTC)
• Withdrawing per WP:HEY. Good work {{u|RebeccaGreen}} and {{u|MCE89}}.4meter4 (talk) 16:05, 22 February 2025 (UTC)

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