Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Ben Stiller


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: keep. BD2412 T 16:54, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Ben Stiller
Article was prod because "No sourced quotes." The tag was removed without curing the defect, which brings it here. — Ningauble 14:17, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 15:00, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

*Delete unless sourced quotes are added, which is probably not too hard.--Longfellow 19:46, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as nom. ~ Ningauble 14:17, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep now that sourced quotes have been provided. ~ Ningauble 14:51, 15 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep now.--Longfellow 09:08, 19 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep and fix. Clearly notable, and an author of sourceable quotes. BD2412 T 22:28, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep : I'm too busy with too many other things to do much work on this, but I did add 2 sourced quotes from an interview; when I seek sourced quotes for modern celebrities to save an article from deletion, I quite often simply post their name and "interview" in a search engine — and usually something interesting and quotable turns up; that is what I just did in getting 2 quotes from a Reader's Digest interview with him just now. I find that a much simpler and more sensible process for handling a deficient article than would be putting it up for deletion, and at best having someone else do such work — and at worst, as is often the case, losing much of the previous work of others. ~ Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 22:52, 14 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: While you are undoubtedly correct that it may not be that difficult to find sourced quotes for many of these pages, I (and I assume others) really don't want to spend my time searching for them when there is so much other work that is needed here. And I consider it part of my role as a frequent user of the site to try to educate people on the need for sourced quotes - which I feel is better done by tagging a page than just fixing it myself. Given the number of pages with this problem, I just don't think there is enough time in the day to remedy all of them and still be able to direct my attention to areas of more interest (and perhaps in more need of help) than this. I do resent the implication that just tagging something for deletion is somehow reflective of laziness. On the contrary, I would rather exert my energies in other areas, rather than correct so many pages suffering from a fairly basic flaw. And I have also found that it is not until such a page is given a prod tag that the necessary improvements are even attempted. I'd rather have pages deleted then languish with unsourced quotes (especially those for living people). My usual process is to go through a group of pages (especially if they have been in existence for a long time) and check that there is at least one sourced quote by the subject. I don't think it is too much to ask that a page have at least one sourced quote as a minimum criterion for its continued existence. In any case, this page has been remedied and should remain. ~ UDScott 02:01, 15 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep, now that improvements have been made to the page. ~ UDScott 02:01, 15 November 2010 (UTC)