Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug James (correspondent)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 06:44, 6 December 2015 (UTC)

Doug James (correspondent)

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WP:GNG... I'm not sure a correspondent to a bigger show, especially this guy, qualifies for his own article. ~ Preceding post created by larsona //Talk// 18:39, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:33, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:33, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Note that the same creator also created duplicate articles about the same person at Doug James (former newscaster, CFRA, Ottawa) and Doug James (former correspondent CNN, CBC). Both of those have since been redirected to this title, and the creator has been advised to stop creating multiple articles about the same person — but I'm noting them because if this gets deleted those will have to go with it (and even if it does get kept, those are still implausible and unhelpful redirects that don't actually add anything of value to the main title, and should potentially still get deleted anyway.) At any rate, the article is definitely poorly written and sourced in its existing form, and reads far more like the kind of PR blurb one might read on the website of his own employer than it does an encyclopedia article. However, being a foreign correspondent for notable news organizations such as CNN and the CBC is a valid notability claim for a journalist, as long as the resulting article is properly sourced — and I just did a ProQuest search and did find some coverage of him by which it can be improved. Keep and I'll work on fixing it. Bearcat (talk) 19:43, 21 November 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Sailor Talk! 00:11, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep Bearcat has greatly improved the article and I believe the subject now passes WP:GNG and WP:JOURNALIST. clpo13(talk) 00:13, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. clpo13(talk) 00:14, 29 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep as per Clpo13. smileguy91talk - contribs 23:51, 29 November 2015 (UTC)


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