Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Hamblin (journalist)


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The result was keep. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 14:13, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

James Hamblin (journalist)

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Delete Does not pass the criteria for notability. Wikipedia is not a platform for promotion. Fails GNG and WP:BASIC.  HighKing++ 12:18, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep I’m normally the first to jump on the NOTSPAM bandwagon, but I’m not convinced in this case: looks like the original creator wanted to start a stub on a health journalist who is popular with millenials (which, giving away my age range, is why I watch the page, he’s one of my favourite writers.) In terms of sourcing: the article contains in-depth coverage in Politico and the Columbia Journalism Review (poorly formatted, so difficult to tell.) I don’t have time to do further sourcing checks now, but both of these are significant enough publications and the coverage is in-depth. Meets WP:N and the sourcing comes from unlikely sourcing to be churnalism. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:04, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 13:46, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions.  MT Train Talk 13:46, 4 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep – I agree that of the 1,720 references and cites of Dr. Hamblin, 90% of them come from the The Atlantic, a leading literary magazine that has been around for the last 144 years and Dr. Hamblin is senior editor. However, you should also note that Dr. Hamblin is quoted and covered in The Washington Post, The Awl, The Guardian and the Huffington Post to name a few.  If you missed these citation, they can be found here, with a simple Google News search, which I have provided .  Thanks for listening. ShoesssS Talk 14:16, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * To be fair: senior editor doesn’t mean much, it basically means he got his first promotion after an entry-level writing gig, and just because he’s published in the Atlantic doesn’t make him notable. That being said, there is enough sourcing to meet N here imo. TonyBallioni (talk) 14:59, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment – I agree. I wasn’t making claim of Notability based on being a Senior Editor. In fact, I held that against him for the fact he had influences on the number of pieces published in the Atlantic under his name.  I was just pointing out the number of times he has either been quoted, referenced or cited 1,720 times. ShoesssS Talk 15:20, 4 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep - Seems to meet the basic notability requirements as mentioned above, referenced in many external sources outside of the Atlantic where he writes. Icco (talk) 20:09, 5 June 2018 (UTC)


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