Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allison Payne


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The result was   speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) --Darkwind (talk) 23:03, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Allison Payne

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Apparently non-notable TV personality, only reference is to her bio at her employers website, so fails the "independent" criteria required of sources to prove notability at WP:N and WP:BIO. Article is likely an autobiography, given tone and style. Jayron  32  02:56, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep.      show notability. Emily Jensen (talk) 04:07, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: Several of those links are to different archives of the same article, and all except one are about a single incident; they all appear to be short superficial articles about her absence from the news broadcasts due to a specific health issue. The last is gossip column about romantic interests.  There is nothing in any of those references that indicates that they are substantial.  If having your name appear in a newspaper is a baseline for notability, then I am notable.  I don't see any evidence of substantial or non-trivial coverage in your references.  I will gleefully withdraw this nomination if such sources materialize.  However, I still don't see it.  -- Jayron  32  04:30, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Since the articles each have different word counts and different dates, I find your claim that "Several of those links are to different archives of the same article" to be most questionable. By my calculation, the articles total 3038 words, are primarily about Payne, and appear in a reliable source. While WP:NOTE provides no precise quantitative information to assist in determining "significance" of coverage, 3038 words is probably enough. In asserting that "all except one are about a single incident", you've ignored the first article, concerning the scholarship Payne established. I urge you to revise your comment in light of its factual deficiencies. Emily Jensen (talk) 04:50, 24 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I've also been able to verify that Allison Payne has won at least six Emmy Awards for her reporting:  , which shows that she is notable per Notability_(people): "The person has received a notable award or honor, or has been nominated for one several times." Emily Jensen (talk) 07:13, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.  --   pablo hablo. 14:09, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Illinois-related deletion discussions.  --   pablo hablo. 14:10, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Withdraw nomination Thanks to Emily Jensen for doing the hard work of finding the relevent references to improve this article. Now, the best option, given the awesome sources Emily Jensen has found, is to incorporate those sources into the article as part of a rewrite which will remove the problems that led to it being nominated for deletion in the first place.  Emily Jensen did some awesome work in digging up references, and the article should be improved to reflect that awesoem work.  -- Jayron  32  14:36, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
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