Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doug Thompson - Broadcaster/Writer/Producer/Director


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The result was   delete. NorthAmerica1000 03:02, 30 December 2014 (UTC)

Doug Thompson - Broadcaster/Writer/Producer/Director

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I came across this as a speedy deletion but there's just enough of an assertion of notability to where he barely squeaks by A7 criteria that I decided that AfD would likely be the only other option. However despite the assertions of having worked for various places and winning awards, I can't find anything to show that Thompson is particularly noteworthy enough to pass notability criteria as a whole. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   07:39, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
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 * Wikipedia's inclusion rules do not confer an automatic presumption of notability on a broadcaster just because he exists, or because he worked for multiple broadcast outlets over the course of his career — what gets a broadcaster into Wikipedia is coverage in reliable sources. One example of the problem in this case is that the article says he's won over 150 awards — but fails to mention or source what awards. (An Emmy Award or a Gemini Award, for example, would qualify him for an article if it could be properly sourced — but a local distinction, such as a "Radio Personality of the Year" award conferred by a local chamber of commerce or a local ACTRA chapter, would not.) In addition, with the article having been created by User:Dougtaurora, there's an evident conflict of interest here — which, as always, isn't a deletion rationale in and of itself but doesn't do the article any favours if there are other problems. Delete; technically qualifies for WP:BLPPROD as a completely unsourced biography of a living person, but that process takes as long as this one does anyway. Bearcat (talk) 18:28, 22 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per Bearcat but also with its absence of sources dooming it from the start. Probably would've been better to have made a PROD for the article. But hey, now is now. GamerPro64  05:46, 27 December 2014 (UTC)
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