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October 31

Edward Galland, David Kellman and Robert Shafran

Should there be an article about Edward Galland, David Kellman and Robert Shafran? What happen to them is really incredible and they had a documentary filmed about their life (and plenty of newspaper articles too). Check Three Identical Strangers. Ericdec85 (talk) 02:26, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What would you include in such an article that isn't already covered by the article about the film? HiLo48 (talk) 02:44, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The obvious thing to do is create all three names as redirects to the film article. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:08, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Seems reasonable - done (but only for the individual names, not the amalgamated list that Ericdec85 linked to). Matt Deres (talk) 15:48, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think any useful information about the individuals could be added to the film article itself, I see no impending benefit from separate articles at this time. The information is fine to add to the film article. --Jayron 32 16:21, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Mostly agree. The situation itself possibly needs to be a distinct article from the film interpretation, but it usually comes down to amount of verifiable/noteworthy material to be added. For now, I think it's fine; it could always be split if there's a lot of development down the road. Matt Deres (talk) 18:22, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects from Edward Galland, David Kellman and Robert Shafran would work sufficiently once they are created. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:52, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Don't let us stop you. --Jayron 32 17:39, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done for the other versions of their names now as well (the ones I made earlier were under variations of their names; I never even noticed). Matt Deres (talk) 18:09, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

For two of the three, MD had their nicknames instead of their formal names. All should be well now. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:11, 31 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]