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Welcome

Welcome, and thanks for all your contributions. Regards, decltype (talk) 07:27, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Fumio Kamei

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Materialscientist (talk) 06:49, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Akira Iwasaki

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⇌ Jake Wartenberg 16:07, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK for Mitsuyo Seo

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Materialscientist (talk) 11:28, 13 December 2009 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Shigeru Sugiura

Hello! Your submission of Shigeru Sugiura at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and there still are some issues that may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! JohnBlackburne^words_deeds 22:36, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Shigeru Sugiura

On February 4, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Shigeru Sugiura, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The DYK project (nominate) 12:00, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Shinpa

Hey Michitaro! You are right, all the sources you cited are from reliable third-party sources. I will remove the tag right away. The article is good but you could try to expand it a little. Sorry for the trouble. Good day! Avs_Dps (talk) 16:35, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Cinema of Japan

This may surprise you, but I completely agree with you. You say it runs the risk of losing its gist, but I can't even find one. The whole article (except for the Silent era section) is basically a sucession of small paragraphs on notable directors and the notable films they directed, sprinkled with some major international award they have won. I was looking around for other cinema by country articles and just seeing the Cinema of Brazil article, which is smaller and still has a lot to improve, I could see the problems with the cinema of Japan article. They have sections on important and/or influential studios, they mention the policy of the various governments and how that afected film prodution, they mention movements or genres specific to the country and contextualize them, explaining the circunstances in which the were created. Basically, there is some overall structure to the article that makes it work as a whole. Cinema of Japan doesn't have that. I added the awards because there seemed to be alot of notable, important films not being mentioned but that only adds to the problems I mentioned. If you look at the winners for the Blue Ribbon Awards and the Mainichi Film Awards in the 50s, only two or three of them are different! I thought about integrating the awards with the already existing text but, again, it would only make the problem worse. Maybe it would be better to have all the complete information about Best Film winners at Japanese awards in the notes field of the Japanese films by year articles and then only include some of that information in the main article if it is warranted. I am not used to working on big, complicated articles, so I don't really know how to help make the article better, but that needs to be done, if not by me or you, by someone, because Japanese cinema deserves a much better article. So, if you agree, I'll transfer the list of Best film winners to the list of films by year. –Cattus ^talk 11:19, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks. –Cattus ^talk 15:42, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

When moving text...

You shouldn't copy & paste. There's a move function. If you don't have access to it, flag down an admin and have them move it. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:24, 26 April 2010 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Bananaman (owarai)

A tag has been placed on Bananaman (owarai) requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A7 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the article appears to be about about a person, organization (band, club, company, etc.) or web content, but it does not indicate how or why the subject is important or significant: that is, why an article about that subject should be included in an encyclopedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, such articles may be deleted at any time. Please see the guidelines for what is generally accepted as notable. You may also wish to consider using a Wizard to help you create articles - see the Article Wizard.

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Proposed deletion of Aoikan

The article Aoikan has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:GNG

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You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Removing {{dated prod}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. The speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 22:36, 1 May 2010 (UTC)

Jeanne Calment

Jeanne Calment was the oldest living person confirmed, so I added that. I thought it was very notable compared to the other releases. See Tokuma Shoten. ★Dasani★ 07:23, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

You can make an argument that she is an important person, but to argue that a film about her is such an important film that it is the only one to be cited in the lede of the article needs a lot more documentation: such as awards, box office, etc. in Japan. Can you prove this is the most significant thing this company has ever done? (I would ask the same of the Jeanne Calment note you put in the lede in the Tokuma Shoten article. Again, in the least, this does not belong in the lede, but later on in the article.) As a whole, Wikipedia articles are bad when they just become lists of what various individuals think are important, often without citation, and lack cause and effect or narrative flow.--Michitaro (talk) 07:46, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Kirin Kiki

The DYK project (nominate) 00:03, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Ōkōchi Sansō

Materialscientist (talk) 00:02, 24 November 2010 (UTC)

Kōzaburō Yoshimura

Nice work on the expansion of this article! Lugnuts (talk) 09:37, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

DYK for Isuzu Yamada

Dravecky (talk) 18:03, 26 December 2010 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Mr.Michitaro! Thank you very much for adding more information on my contribution to "Hachiko Monogatari". I am an Indian and love to watch films. I am an animal lover especially dogs. I was deeply moved to see the greatest dog movie ever made and that prompted me to write about this Japanese classic in wikipedia, although I do not understand Japanese. Since I am new to this site, I unknowingly made some changes to Seijirō Kōyama, for which I am sorry. I do hope that this introduction will forge a new beginning in our friendship, which in turn will provide more contributions towards wikipedia, for many more years to come.

Best wishes and warm regards, P.PradeepRaj (talk) 14:54, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Noriaki Tsuchimoto

The DYK project (nominate) 06:03, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks!

Thanks for copy editing my article! I tried to figure out how to say "life" in plural, but failed to do it :-)--Mbz1 (talk) 13:52, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

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July 2011

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DYK for Yoshio Harada

Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 01:03, 1 August 2011 (UTC)

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Your DYK nom for Masaichi Nagata

Hi Michitaro, I've reviewed your DYK nomination at Template:Did you know nominations/Masaichi Nagata and there is an eensy weensy issue with the referencing. Could you take a look at my comments at the nomination page and reply there once you've fixed it? Thanks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:13, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Excellent work on the expansion of his biography - thanks! Lugnuts (talk) 12:59, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

DYK for Masaichi Nagata

Orlady (talk) 11:08, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

WP:FILM September 2011 Newsletter

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channel sakura

How are my edits disruptive? I am presenting a different than what may be consensus to you, but it is nonetheless true about the topic: Channel Sakura.

So, stop threatening me before giving substantive support for your claims.

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.58.233.46 (talk) 02:48, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

It's nice that you cleared that up. Well, my mistake for "blanking" a section. I will add the references. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.58.233.46 (talk) 03:07, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Kaneto Shindō

Although you make me feel very dumb, I would like to thank you very much for all the copy editing. In my defense, the computers (public library) that I am working on do not have automatic spellcheck. Again, thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.188.55.235 (talk) 02:43, 11 October 2011 (UTC)

2011 WikiProject Film coordinator election

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Thanks

Thanks for completing the job that I started at Sanriku Keicho earthquake, it all makes a lot more sense now. Would you be willing to help if I have any questions about Japanese sources for this article? I now need to add sources for all these sections and incorporate other english language references, because I was thinking of nominating this at DYK. Mikenorton (talk) 23:09, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

I could try to help with the sources when possible. Some of the specific in-text citations of old documents (like the Chōya Kyūbun Hōkō for the Sendai Domain deaths) I simplified because there was no citation of specific editions or page numbers. Some of those could be resurrected, but only in a limited way. Michitaro (talk) 23:31, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

OK, I'll see how I get on. Mikenorton (talk) 00:01, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Rollback

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Tokyo Hero's deletions

I see you have nominated several albums by Tokyo Hero's for deletion and thought I should mention that you can nominate several similarly related articles such as these in a single bundle. WP:BUNDLE explains how to do this. If you were already aware of this but choose to nominate them separately then I apologize. Have a nice day ^_^ AerobicFox (talk) 05:48, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks! I was wondering how you did that. Michitaro (talk) 13:56, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

WikiProject Film November 2011 Newsletter

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Yaocho

Hi. Yes, I am well aware that yaocho does not only imply match-fixing in sumo. However, I surmised that the average English speaker who had heard the word yaocho in the last year would have heard it in reference to sumo, and might look the word up expecting to see information about match-fixing in sumo. I do see your point. It would be better to have a short blurb about what yaocho means and then a link to the match-fixing article. For now I will put yaocho back as a redirect to match-fixing in general until I can come up with a better alternative, or you may do so if you like. FourTildes (talk) 02:40, 11 December 2011 (UTC)

Vilza Fenz

Upon further investigation Vilza Fenz appears to refer to the same person as Sumie Sakai, which is a properly cited, more neutral and verifiable article. -Drdisque (talk) 03:37, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Good catch - Sumie Sakai should probably be reverted to This version and Vilza Fenz should be deleted. I can find no references to any of the names claimed in the article and considering I was pretty active in watching wrestling during the 1999-2002 time period when the article claims that this person wrestled in ECW and WWE, I have never heard of this person.-Drdisque (talk) 04:01, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Re: Jellyboy33

I noticed the request had been there for a while and the user had not edited recently (ie. in the last hour or so), so I removed the request. Also, I didn't see anything in the user's recent edits that looked like obvious vandalism (basically the user was changing minor stuff in wrestling-related articles) although I admit I could be wrong about it because I do not know a lot about specific wrestlers and how they act. AIV is generally only used in cases where the vandalism is obvious and/or the user does not stop vandalising after being warned several times. If you want, you are more than welcome to relist the user there, but I didn't see anything that looked like obvious vandalism in the user's recent edits. Regards. Thingg^⊕⊗ 20:53, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

My apologies for taking so long to reply. Based on what you said, I didn't look closely enough at his edits and I apologize for that. Thingg^⊕⊗ 06:20, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

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Mainichi Film Award

Hello

Yes, this source mentions that "毎日映画コンクールの歴史は戦前の1935年にまで遡ること出来る" (The roots of the Mainichi Film Award may be traced back to the War, all the way to 1935). I know that these prizes starts also in 1946 on the IMDb. But with this source, I wondered if the history of the award can be more ancient... Binabik155 (talk) 15:19, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

OK, that explains this mystery. I have added the source in the text and removed the citation needed. Thanks for your collaboration. Binabik155 (talk) 15:57, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

konichiwa

hi!! do you see any mistakes here Miyazaki (newspaper).. your opinion is appreciated.

--Neogeolegend (talk) 07:13, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

hi

hi!! It's even better now. But how did you changed the title of the article? are you an Admin!!.. --Neogeolegend (talk) 13:50, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Clarification requested re Proposed deletion of Kaoru Nakamaru

Are you proposing to delete the Japanese article as well as the English article, or only the English article? In either case, please explain your reasoning. Anoyatu (talk) 23:59, 21 January 2012 (UTC)

Note about WPJ

WPJ does not need to tagged to articles that are covered Wikiproject anime/manga since anime/manga is a more specific branch of WPJ. DragonZero (Talk · Contribs) 10:20, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Please move "Kiga Kaikyo"

Please move Kiga Kaikyo to "A Fugitive from the Past".

I can't do it.

JoshuSasori (talk) 13:24, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you for moving this. I tried to move it but I can't move it because my account is too new and so I am not allowed to move articles to different names. JoshuSasori (talk) 01:57, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

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Please review article on Late Spring

I would be honored to invite you, as an obviously very knowledgeable person on Japanese film and a participant in the Japanese Cinema Task Force, to review the article I have edited on Yasujiro Ozu's Late Spring. I have worked on the article for about eight months, beginning on June 12, 2011. Although the article is quite long, I believe that the importance of Late Spring both within Ozu's career and within the history of Japanese film more than justifies the length. Indeed, there is quite a bit of detail that I felt I had to omit.

(One of the reasons I am approaching you is that the first two things I spotted on your "Talk" page were DYK references to Fumio Kamei and Akira Iwasaki, two important figures in Japanese film history who are both discussed in Peter B. High's excellent book The Imperial Screen.)

I wanted the reader with little or no knowledge of Japanese film history to understand: a) the significance of the shomingeki genre and the importance of Ozu to that genre; b) the pressures on filmmakers during the American Occupation and its censorship, and how Ozu dealt with those pressures; c) the central importance of both the screenwriter Kôgo Noda and the actress Setsuko Hara on this film and on the director's late period films in general; d) the importance of the theme of tradition versus modernity in this film; e) the central importance to the movie of the Noh play scene (which actually gave the film its title); f) Ozu's complex and subtle approach to characterization, and the relationship of the characters to traditional archetypes (e.g., the patriarchal father); g) the uniqueness of Ozu's visual style; and h) the ambiguous nature of what he achieved, which is open to many (and contradictory) interpretations.

What I'd like to request that you do is: a) suggest possible improvements to the article and b) possibly support my attempt to promote the article as a Featured Article, which I intend to do quite soon.

I agree with you that there are "a lot of problems with Japanese-film related pages on Wikipedia." I hope that I can get the article on Late Spring to the point where it sets some kind of standard for such a Wikipedia article.

Regards,

Dylanexpert (talk) 15:10, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Thank you very much concerning Yasuoka. Please help me.

Thank you very much concerning the order of name of Yasuoka. I have made a similar mistake and please help me. It was Ogata Taketora. Thank you in advance. --Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 07:32, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Seven Spears of Imizu

Thought you might be interested in this AFD since you did some legwork in a related MFD. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:20, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

inre Karma: The New Revolution

I agree with your assessment that the nominated article suffered from issues wwith tone and direction. It spent too much time dwelling on the filmmaker and the Zenji Museum. But after seeing the trimmed down version, and looking at available sources, I gave a hand in some copyediting of it myself. I am not concerned with sources seemingly promoting Buddism or Yoga or the Museum, just so long as they provide us with enough content about the film itself to write a neutral article. Sorry for your having to deal with the AFD angst of the author and major contributor, WP:User:Truth be known 888... but sometimes that is exactly the reaction from a newcomer who writes with his heart and not his head. Think he might benefit from being steered to WP:PRIMER or any other of the article creation pages? At a minimum, I do think he needs to be made aware of how press releases are unsuitable for sources, and our requirement for proper reliable soucres. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 09:51, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

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Dōmei Yakazu

Thank you very much for editing Dōmei Yakazu . Please teach me how to write Dōmei ? --Ichiro Kikuchi (talk) 11:16, 8 April 2012 (UTC)

Constructions of Kyushu University.

My dear Michitaro, you recommended "Campus of..." or "Buildings of..., which of them appropriate for the article?--Hot cake syrup (talk) 13:52, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

The article Campus of Kyushu University was nominated the deletion, what do you think for it, please note your comment in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Campus of Kyushu University. --Hot cake syrup (talk) 14:44, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Hello

I don't recall seeing your name before and I see your name in two straight articles. My eyes still hurt after seeing Jeremy Ladell Murph's article. Second article was Jessie Frease. I hope I don't see your name only on horrendous articles. Bgwhite (talk) 06:57, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

Speedy deletion declined: Zebediah Dingle

Hello Michitaro. I am just letting you know that I declined the speedy deletion of Zebediah Dingle, a page you tagged for speedy deletion, because of the following concern: I can find some (unreliable) info about this character. Needs to go to PROD/AFD. Thank you. SmartSE (talk) 19:16, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

Daria Adamantina

Blocked at pt-wiki for removal of speedies and abuse of userpage. Well, well... Peridon (talk) 15:21, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Userpage deleted at es-wiki, too. Peridon (talk) 15:24, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. Creating sockpuppets did seem to be a bit advanced for a young user creating a page about herself, but maybe there's more here than meet the eye. Michitaro (talk) 16:03, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

I'm still wondering what to do about that userpage. Might have to have a closer look at the reasons for deletion at pt and es, but as I recall, it was just misuse of userpage, which I don't think comes into CSD here. Any bright ideas, go ahead with them... Peridon (talk) 17:12, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

For the time being, the best I can think of is a warning on the basis of WP:FAKEARTICLE. Michitaro (talk) 18:10, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

I discussed hoax with JohnCD. He agreed and did the deed... Peridon (talk) 18:46, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Your rewrite on Kaoru Nakamaru was very good! I requested that the nomination for deletion be closed because the rewrite (and page move) was exceptional and helped set a possibility for the Japanese Wiki to have an article on the subject. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 17:45, 23 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot! My first one!

Silva Mungai

I'm afraid I had to decilne the BLPPROD here, because of a peculiarity in WP:BLPPROD#Nominating, the policy there considers unreliable sources such as IMDB as a sufficient reason to preclude nomination (not enough, if added after the fact, that you can remove the tag because of one, but enough to prevent nomination in the first place if it's already there.) As this is a procedural decline, it does not precluse proposing this for deletion via PROD, and of course AfD is a fine option as well. --joe decker^{talk to me} 17:51, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Thanks, I have proposed deletion via PROD. Michitaro (talk) 18:03, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thanks for setting the photo right , I am now realizing the power of Wiki and the collaborative effort of all connected . cheers Shreeshreerang (talk) 09:32, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

You're welcome! The rules for putting in photos are not as simple as they should be. Michitaro (talk) 12:08, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Join the Ainu Task Force?

Greetings, thanks for your help on the Ainu filmography! Note that I've just started [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Japan/Ainu task force], so if you're interested it'd be great to get you on the Members list! Thanks for the help, MatthewVanitas (talk) 18:43, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

Japanese actors

Thanks for expanding and adding interwikis for the Japanese actor articles I've started. I do attempt to find more info on ja.wiki, but it's more luck than judgement! Lugnuts (talk) 13:15, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

No problem. It's something I can easily do. Michitaro (talk) 13:16, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaun Phillips (director)

Hello Mitchitaro,

I also do not agree with Josh Parris comment that there were no sources listed previously that listed Shaun Phillips by name. That simply isn't true. More than a few do and others list his production company (Artistic Perspective Entertainemt) by name in the videos themselves (often in the final credit/copywrite info).

I am relatively new to creating articles for Wikipedia and a bit slow in learning how to respond to requests from other editors, so I hope I am responding all requests in a timely and correct manner. You have marked an article I created yesterday for speedy deletion due to lack of sources. I am going as fast as I can to improve it with better sources. I have updated it today with at least a half dozen new sources - ALL listing the article subject Shaun Phillips by name. Please reconsider your desire to have this article deleted and I will continue to try and locate even more credible sources in the coming days.

I also believe that Artistic Perspective Entertainment should not be deleted as it is a production company credited with producing 4 DVD's and two short films featuring known celebrity A-List talent that can be, and have been verified as true. I would like to have this entry restored as I attempt to improve it.

Any advise or other assistance you can provide would be appreciated.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bh1967 (talk • contribs) 13:30, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

I can understand your desire to have this article as well as your hope to improve it. I did not mark your article for speedy deletion; it was only marked "proposed deletion". You declined that but only added one citation, the Film Threat one, that counts as a reliable source. If you do improve it by adding independent reliable sources, then I can withdraw the AfD. However, please closely read the section on reliable sources (WP:IRS) and on notability (WP:GNG) before that. I have looked at the sources you provided and most either fail to be reliable sources (because they are created by Phillips or his company) or do not mention him (i.e., all those articles on the fireman or the celebrities). Unless you can find substantive independent coverage of Phillips, he fails the notability criteria. The article on APE is another matter, but that was deleted by consensus, so unless you again can provide independent reliable sources that satisfy the notability requirements, you should refrain from recreating such an article. Michitaro (talk) 13:41, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

I have added more that just FilmTreat.com source. I added a Los Angeles radio station, official websites where the film is playing including it's advertised listed showing in 5 days at the 2012 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival and others. There were already links to international websites including PressBox.cc.uk. I am a fan of the entertainer Coco. I have her dvd's and Phillips is listed as director / producer on all of them. I have listed the IMDB listing for them which confirms this. I am not sure how else to source this fact. I will continue to look for more sources, but out of the 45+ sources currently listed for this article at least a third list Phillips by name. In addition, the 4 dvd's and 2 short films listed all featured known celebrity talent and were distributed internationally. Why is all of this not being considered noteworthy? What would it take to be noteworthy in your eyes? I am not trying to be arguementative, just trying to understand what would be viewed as noteworthy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bh1967 (talk • contribs) 14:09, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

I just learned about signing & will do that on future entries. Thank you. (hope I just did it correctly) Bh1967 (talk) 14:16, 17 June 2012 (UTC)

Do please read the pages on sourcing and notability closely. Mere listings of the film or a mention of the name here and there is not sufficient. For instance, according to WP:GNG:

"Significant coverage" means that sources address the subject directly in detail, so no original research is needed to extract the content. Significant coverage is more than a trivial mention but it need not be the main topic of the source material.

So far, you have not a single article that discusses Phillips in detail that is produced by a reliable independent source. You only have the Film Threat article on the film, not on him. The "articles" from PressBox or Examiner.com--on which the radio article is based--are from sites that basically post press releases and are thus not independent sources. Note that even IMDb is not considered a reliable source on Wikipedia since it includes user-generated content. Phillips may have been involved in projects that included famous people, but notability is not necessarily inherited on Wikipedia: the subject must be shown to have independent notability. Looking again at WP:FILMMAKER, it is clear that Phillips does not clear criteria 1, 2 or 4. Perhaps your best chance is 3, but the Beatles documentary short just does not clear that hurdle so far. Phillips may have produced some work, but quantity does not decide things either, it is the notability. Please note that I do not go around Wikipedia hunting for articles to delete; in a number of AfD discussions I have saved articles that others had given up on (e.g., Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Makuhari_international_school or Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Princess_Kaoru_Nakamaru). I try to be neutral and objective about these issues. And so far, you have not convinced me Phillips is notable. Other editors will be hard to convince as well. Michitaro (talk) 21:10, 17 June 2012 (UTC)