User:Trafford09/RP HT

HARDtalk
Ever since I created the article on 15 June 2010, the lead section has contained the line: ResPublica's director, Phillip Blond, has been the main guest on programmes such as HARDtalk.

The line had a Cite to video of the interview on the BBC website, here.

On 5 July 2010, User User:Codf1977 deleted this line and Cite here, with the edit summary "What TV programs the director has been on is a matter for his article, not here.".

Personally, I believe that the line and Cite should stay, for the reasons I give below. However, I don't wish to start an wp:edit war, so I've created this section here on the Talk page, for interested parties to discuss the issue & hopefully reach some consensus.

Arguments for including HARDtalk

 * [1] The 24-minute TV program is on HARDtalk, which is a political program.

"HARDtalk     Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica"
 * [2] The program clip, when you click on the link (above), clearly highlights (even before you play the clip):


 * Thus, at worst, the clip relates to both the person AND the organisation.


 * [3] 5'22" into the clip, the HARDtalk presenter Stephen Sackur refers to the interviewee as "director of a leading think tank".
 * This surely is germane to the organisation, not just the person.


 * [4] At 5 points in the interview, when Blond is speaking, the caption 'Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica' appears.
 * If the BBC thinks viewers should be aware of the relevance of ResPublica, I for one am prepared to trust their experience.
 * (FYI, the captions are shown at 1.08, 3.45, 7.34, 12.30 and 18'09".)


 * [5] All of the discussion is political, so it relates as much (if not more so) to the think tank, rather than Blond as an individual. It's not as though Blond states he's speaking in a purely personal capacity. It's not as though the interview relates to Blond's non-political experience or likes & dislikes. It's purely political - hence, I would argue, more an insight into ResPublica than Blond the man.


 * [6] Last (for now) but not least, removal of this clip & Cite detract from the notability of ResPublica. Its removal may be seen as an attempt to diminish perceived notability. (Please don't re-iterate arguments here re notability - as you'll probably know, there's a separate section for discussing that, above.)

Trafford09 (talk) 17:53, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

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