Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Caiden Cowger


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The result was   delete. JohnCD (talk) 20:58, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

Caiden Cowger

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Cowger is a marginal radio show host whose comments about homosexuality in summer 2012 were picked up by a few news aggregators. Outside of that incident, there is no evidence that he meets WP:BIO and there don't seem to be enough non-primary sources to warrant an article for him. Gobōnobō + c 18:01, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non notable, non remarkable radio talk show host, he is evidently known for a single act. Eduemoni↑talk↓  18:19, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep - He is known for more than one single act. He has appeared on American Family Radio multiple times, and does receive a large audience. - DailyConservatism (talk 18:19, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - A radio DJ broadcasting in Nowhere, West Virginia is not notable. He claims a per-show audience of 30K which is pretty paltry and, even that, may be inflated in the absence of independent verification. Many of the exuberant, promotional claims in this article like "the most listened to millennial political show in America" are sourced to websites affiliated with Cowger himself. The only RS' in the references are all the same wire report - or variations of the same wire report - from his 15 minutes in fame. In the future Cowger may meet notability requirements and this page could be recreated then but, at present, he is supremely not notable. DocumentError (talk) 02:25, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - Cowger is known for more than one single act. He has a talk show that discusses current events, has appeared on various radio networks such as American Family Radio, and has a large audience. He is also the founder of many widely used networks, and has interviewed multiple political personalities from the United States.
 * Keep - Cowger has been in the media more than just with that one incident. I included articles about him that were about other incidents. As for his ratings, they are verified. If you go to the sources presented in the document, they are correct. They are publicly accessible, but it is compiled in a document released by Cowger.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by DailyConservatism (talk • contribs) 07:30, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment: I have sorted the !votes chronologically and struck the two duplicate entries by the article's creator, an account where 19 of the 24 edits to date have been on this article or this AfD. Please only !vote once but feel free to add comments or expand on your rationale. - Dravecky (talk) 12:44, 26 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Just did a search on google for actual news hits, and the results were absolutely nothing, this guy is an absolute non event http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22Caiden+Cowger%22+radio&hl=en-AU&gbv=2&prmd=ivnso&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ei=B1y-Uo3eGsiXkwXamIDYAQ&ved=0CAcQ_AU Whitewater111 (talk) 05:08, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete, kid says something stupid on the radio, media is all over it for fifteen minutes, then moves onto the next fad. WP:ONEEVENT.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 00:09, 31 December 2013 (UTC).
 * Comment If we are now going to be spewing personal opinions, Cowger's statements were correct according to the Bible. As for his "15 minuites of fame," Cowger is still on the radio, is still in the media (American Family Radio), is a published author, has interviewed multiple political personalities, is the founder of several news outlets, so please tell me again how he is just a "fad?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by DailyConservatism (talk • contribs) 14:12, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Reply Please read Notability (people) for details on how Wikipedia decides which biographies to include as notable. A few appearances on a syndicated radio show, talking to famous people on local radio, self-publishing a book, and starting a few websites is not sufficient. What you need is sustained in-depth coverage by reliable third-party sources about his life and/or career, not just about one event that briefly pushed that person into the spotlight. Without such sources, notability for Wikipedia's purposes can't be proven. - Dravecky (talk) 19:33, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Lankiveil.  Levdr1 lp  /  talk  08:20, 31 December 2013 (UTC)
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