Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Cohen (crime journalist)


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The result was   delete. Davewild (talk) 18:55, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

David Cohen (crime journalist)

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Contested CSD, most likely close acceptable candidate for CSD, but slight suggestion of notability. From the talk page:

The author:

"David Cohen was the president of the WA Journalists Association. He is considered the top crime journalist in Australia."

Another user: Personally, I think it meets the A7 criteria for speedy deletion for a non notable person. Nonetheless, I see why an admin may decline, so I'm writing this comment to let the author know the rationale about the various issues a couple of editors, including myself, have raised about the article. First of all, I removed both the references given as they were self-published and therefore didn't meet the reliable sources guideline. Second, judging by the username, user Dcohen99 appears to have a conflict of interest with the subject of the article. Third, the article is a newly created biography of a living person which are a very touchy subject and, even if they assert notability, are liable to a special proposed deletion process. Having exposed the reasons of the fragility of the article, I encourage the author to improve it, and if you need some help please let me know at my talk page. Thank you. --Legion fi (talk) 07:11, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Cheers, S.G.(GH) ping! 14:43, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * UnsureThere is something strange going on. User talk:Dcohen99 appears to be a new editor, but the article topic is almost certainly User:Davidcohen, who is a long term occasional editor since 2005.  Trying to find out what's up. He isn't considered the top crime journalist in Aust, so it may be someone known to him doing it as a joke.  He is a journalist and was the president of the WA organisations. The-Pope (talk) 15:57, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Definite - same person and needs a speedy - should have known better - sloppy self bios like that should go asap SatuSuro 23:35, 5 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions.  —Grahame (talk) 02:35, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- Jclemens-public (talk) 02:38, 8 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete "the top crime journalist in Australia" works for the Mosman Cottesloe Post Newspaper, a free local paper? Yeah right. Lacks coverage of him in independent reliable sources. It's verifiable that he held the positions claimed and there is a lot of quotes from him in one of those positions but they lend more to the notability of the organisation, not the spokesman. duffbeerforme (talk) 10:53, 11 November 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.