Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of M*A*S*H cast members
Regarding "The sources above discuss only the main cast, not every actor who ever appeared on the show", you are correct. I did not present any sources about people who were not part of the main cast. Here are two such sources now:{{cite book |last=Sherman |first=Dale |date=2016 |title=M.A.S.H. FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Best Care Anywhere |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jJ84DQAAQBAJ |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-1-49506-379-4 |accessdate=2018-09-04 }}Chapter 20 of the book is titled "I Don't Know Your Name, But … Thirty Famous Guest Appearances". The book notes: Not surprisingly, for a show that lasted eleven years and considered a good notch in the belt for up-and-coming actors, MASH had a lot of guest stars that had been or would go on to big things in both television and movies. No doubt, there are even more than thirty for such a list, but in order to end up not spending half the book discussing the many others, below is a good sampling; showing thirty individuals that viewers remember, or are surprised to see once again when watching reruns of the program. Here are some of the 30 guest appearances: Leslie NielsenShelley LongAndrew Dice Clay and George WendtRon HowardTeri GarrBlythe DannerJohn RitterRobert Ito and Larry HamaLaurence FishburneEd Begley Jr.Mary Kay PlaceRobert Alda and Anthony AldaGeorge LindseyStuart MargolinNed BeattyAlex KarrasRita WilsonPat MoritaJack SooEd FlandersMariette HartleyGregory HarrisonLynne Marie Stewart{{cite book |last=Wittebols |first=James H. |authorlink=James Henry Wittebols |date=2003 |orig-year=1998 |title=Watching M*A*S*H, Watching America: A Social History of the 1972-1983 Television Series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMPx-jksa6IC |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |publisher=McFarland & Company |isbn=0-7864-1701-3 |accessdate=2018-09-04 }}The book's episode guide beginning on page 161 discusses the cast and crew for each season as well as information about every show including lists of guest stars.For example, https://books.google.com/books?id=CMPx-jksa6IC&pg=PA234 page 234 lists the guest stars for three different episodes. For the ''A Holy Mess'' episode, it lists the guest stars Cyril O'Reilly, David Graf, Val Bisoglio, Ray Goldman, Ed Ramirez, Bill Snider, Dennis Troy, Leland Sun, and Kip Curtis. Wikipedia:Notability#Stand-alone lists says: The entirety of the list does not need to be documented in sources for notability, only that the grouping or set in general has been. Because the ''group or set'' is notable, the individual items in the list do not need to be independently notable, although editors may, at their discretion, |choose to limit large lists by only including entries for independently notable items or those with Wikipedia articles. Since there are a large number of guest actors, editors may choose to omit those that are not notable from this list. Or editors can decide by consensus to reverse the decision of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of M*A*S*H guest stars and move information about guest actors to a new article at List of M*A*S*H guest stars. This can be discussed outside of AfD and is not a policy-based reason for deletion of this list
— User:Cunard, 07:37, 11 September 2018 (UTC)
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