Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roger Price (television producer)

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 no consensus. Both Keep and Delete rationales have policy-based rationales, and there is no consensus for either. (non-admin closure) b uidhe 02:12, 21 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Roger Price (television producer)

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After an online search, I can’t find any reliable substantial sources that demonstrate notability. There are some passing mentions of his work but nothing substantial. NOTE: The US programme Tomorrow People has a character named Roger Price, this appears to be completely different to this producer of the UK Tomorrow People Cardiffbear88 (talk) 18:59, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:04, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:04, 27 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Toughpigs (talk) 18:50, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Nothing more than passing mentions, as Shellwood has pointed out. This Price isn't right. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:43, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. TV producers are run of the mill. Nothing here indicates otherwise. Bearian (talk) 11:41, 7 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Price was the creator of The Tomorrow People, not just its producer. It was a long running and popular British Television series, which was revived in the 1990s, inspired the American remake and a 2000s audio series by Big Finish Productions. Indeed I think people who are calling him a television producer are being a little disingenuous as, as well as producing and creating the series, he also wrote and co-wrote stories and directed episodes of the Tomorrow People. Cardiffbear88 mentions the character in the US TV series - my understanding is he was named as a direct tribute to the Roger Price who created the series and is the subject of this article. If deletion is decided upon it might be worth moving some of the information about Roger Price to The Tomorrow People. Dunarc (talk) 20:34, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Dunarc, this is all really useful, but do you have any secondary independent sources to back up these claims? If so could you please place them in the article so that we can all see them. Cardiffbear88 (talk) 20:39, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks Cardiffbear88 for a prompt response. I am afraid most of my knowledge comes from articles Cult television /SciFi magazines read a some time ago (and which I mainly looked at for article on Doctor Who and other series). I have had an awareness of The Tomorrow People, but it has never been a series I have had more than a passing interest in. There seems to be little on the internet other than his credits at IMDb (where he is down as Roger Damon Price), so I am not surprised people are having difficulty. I think Big Finish used to have more on their website when they were producing the audio series, but they lost the license to continue this. I note that the The Tomorrow People article seems to be based on material produced for the 2000s DVD releases of the series, but it also references and interview with Roger Price link here which has some useful info. There is this on Youtube, though I doubt it would be usable as a source. Possibly people with a greater interest in the series and readier access to relevant books could fill in the details - I would suggest adding this discussion to Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Television and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Science fiction and fantasy as editors viewing that would be better able to help than myself (I would do this myself, but I think it is beyond my editing ability). Dunarc (talk) 21:08, 31 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also there is a DigitalSpy article from 2013 which mentions Price as the creator of the original UK series and the facts that an Audio series and the US series were based on it (it also mentions comics and novels which I was not aware of, but a google search reveals there were novels based on the series written by price and others). Dunarc (talk) 15:44, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 20:21, 3 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Then a redirect to The Tomorrow People seems the thing to do. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:32, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, N0nsensical.system^(err0r?)_(.log) 09:17, 11 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Perhaps those that "don't know", should be slimed. Passes WP:CREATIVE for his body of work as creator, director, producer and writer. Yes, the article does need references and other improvements. StrayBolt (talk) 23:28, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.