Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Daley (journalist)


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The result was Delete. Randykitty (talk) 17:06, 5 August 2014 (UTC)

James Daley (journalist)

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Inadequately sourced biography of a journalist. I am unable to find sufficient reliable sources about the subject to establish WP:BASIC notability. - MrX 19:18, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

There are now seven references not written by the author. At the bottom of the Telegraph article, there is a two line biography. The Which? Conversation website includes a brief biography, as does the Centre for the Modern Family page. There is also a potted biography and links to his work on Who Comments? Finally, there are references to videos on the BBC website, and there are also clips from Watchdog and BBC News on the Fairer Finance website. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fairerjames (talk • contribs) 20:05, 28 July 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete. None of the sources outlined above constitute significant coverage independent of the subject. Brief biolines on websites of organisations that employ, or have employed, the subject don't count in that respect. --Mkativerata (talk) 10:54, 29 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Nearly all of the references here are primary sources — blogging for the Telegraph sourced only to his blog itself, council seat sourced to his profile on the council's website, etc. — which cannot confer notability. What's required is reliable independent sourcing which demonstrates that he's been the subject of coverage, and that's lacking. Delete. Bearcat (talk) 19:07, 1 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete -- The only thing that comes close to notability is his role as a jounralist, but being a "guest expert" on a TV programme is to my mind not enough. Peterkingiron (talk) 16:28, 5 August 2014 (UTC)
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