Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Baines


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 00:20, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Chris Baines

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Notability concerns Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 13:43, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Maybe you could be abit more specific and say exactly why this person isn't notable? I see you have listed some other AfD's lately - it would help if you could link to policy/guidance for each case. Happy editing!  Lugnuts  (talk) 14:03, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Rephrase: I do not believe that this person shows any evidence that they are notable enough to be on Wikipedia. - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 14:35, 3 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep This is an ill considered nomination reflecting failure to check references as called for by WP:BEFORE. See which says he is "one of the first and best-known wildlife gardeners." Presenter on numerous national TV programs, and winner of numerous awards. See, ,  , , , , , , , and  which have significant coverage and allow examination of the text. There are a great many additional sources with only snippet view.  His work has received favorable reviews and awards:"English dance and song‎ - Page 22 Music - 1987 CM 042 - The Albion Band with Chris Baines "The Wild Side of Town" An excellent new album from the ... Featuring Chris Baines the Urban Conservationist. ..." Google News Archive has 77 hits for  "Chris Baines" environment including ,   and  among many others about the article's subject. Please do not disrupt AFD with a slew of inappropriate nominations,  without checking whether reliable and independent sources exist to show notability. Tagging an article as needing additional references is more appropriate. Edison (talk) 17:38, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Generally held to be an important figure in the field of Environmentalism - satisfies WP:AUTHOR., , .  Jujutacular  T · C 17:43, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:44, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I've just got his early book "The Wild Side of Town" down off my bookshelf. It was published by the BBC and accompanied one of the first BBC-TV urban wildlife programmes series.  He's probably the most prominent urban ecologist in the UK.  But all that stuff's already there at the article.  OK I don't see many references but there's just so much information there that it would have been rather more constructive to do a quick check and then leave well alone on the principle of what purpose is served by reducing the sum of human knowledge in one place per reported Wikipedia goal of J. Wales.  This is one of the things about Wikipedia that makes people go bananas.  Sorry Tbsdy, I wasn't stalking you, I was just looking at the list of Today's Articles for Deletion to see what further worthwhile article was due to go down the pan. Opbeith (talk) 23:38, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I never for even a moment thought that you were wikistalking :-) Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 01:03, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep If WP:SNOW was still accepted I would consider a non-admin close but a withdraw of nomination could save time. Polargeo (talk) 10:39, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep – this is a frivolous afd - the article needs more references, which are easily found. Occuli (talk) 12:46, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep as notability seems apparent. Out of curiosity, Tbsdy, do you have something against people with the name Chris? :-)  RFerreira (talk) 23:38, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * If I did then I would have to hate myself :-) Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 05:54, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Snowball keep'. Clearly notable; a particularly pointless nomination. Andy Mabbett (User: Pigsonthewing ); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 21:28, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Pigsonthewing? From Kuro5hin? - Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 13:30, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.