Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Desmond Cole


 * 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 delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:32, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

Desmond Cole

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WP:BLP of a radio and newspaper journalist of exclusively "local to a single city" notability. This is based 50 per cent on primary sources that cannot carry a notability claim at all (staff profiles on the website of his own employer, his own writing about himself, etc.), and 25 per cent on blogs -- there are just two sources here that count as reliable ones for the purposes of getting a person over WP:GNG, and he's also been a contributor to one of those two publications as well so it's not fully independent of him either. This is simply not enough sourcing to make a journalist notable -- and this is not a case of "well, I've never heard of the guy", either, because I live in Toronto and I have. Bearcat (talk) 04:08, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not enough in-depth coverage to meet WP:GNG. Fails WP:BIO of course. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 04:15, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 14:34, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  19:46, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  19:46, 21 June 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Exemplo347 (talk) 19:23, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict) From the article, That's not exactly what's in the source, but if it was so discussed, where is that coverage? Reviews? Responses? It looks like the work has been better covered than his life. The other coverage is local. In the absence of sourcing with better depth, I'd non-destructively redirect to the mention at CFRB. (In the future, I'd recommend similar redirects whenever possible before coming to AfD.)  czar  19:35, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect to CFRB per 's suggestion.  Dr Strauss   talk  20:23, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete Coverage not sufficient to meet GNG. Do not see sufficiency for a redirect.Dlohcierekim (talk) 21:20, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom as non-notable. --Lockley (talk) 05:22, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete non-notable local broadcast news personality.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:04, 7 July 2017 (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.