Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Early


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The result was   no consensus.  MBisanz  talk 23:16, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Ken Early

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Article on an Irish sports broadcaster and journalist who appears to fail WP:BIO, by having no sign of any substantial coverage in a third-party publication. The only reference of any sort is to his employer's website, despite being tagged with notability for nearly a year. Meanwhile, this stub is becoming a magnet for puerile vandalism. -- Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 06:37, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
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 * Delete as per nom. Snappy (talk) 06:38, 14 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:19, 18 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —  Aitias   // discussion 00:05, 23 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete: fails WP:BIO & WP:V. No independent reliable sources. --AbsolutDan (talk) 01:31, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Retain There are now three links to external sources verifying the existence of the show, the fact that Early is on the Guardian podcast and also a discussion on an independent blog of the show with prominent mention of Early.SeamusSweeney (talk) 09:40, 25 February 2009 (UTC)SeamusSweeney (talk) 09:45, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: Commenter above is the original author of the article (please remember to disclose when you're closely associated w/ the article in question, per guidelines). --AbsolutDan (talk) 12:54, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Blogs are not reliable sources. Also, the independent.ie opinion piece does not mention Ken once by name. --AbsolutDan (talk) 13:02, 25 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Retain Although, if we're talking about associations, I note you are the one on first name terms with Mr. Early, AbsolutDan. You will notice here that Mr. Early is referred to in this show: http://www.newstalk.ie/newstalk/programmes/7/off-the-ball.html - Ken Early's segment is the football hour. In many respects that would make Ken Early the Irish equivalent of Tim Lovejoy, and Mr. Lovejoy has a wikipedia entry. The Republic of Ireland may not be the largest country in the world, but if we ignore the contibution it's citizens have made to broadcasting and football, then we are ignoring long swathes of history. I have no affiliation with either Mr. Early, nor Newstalk.ie. Robeff1 (talk) 02:01, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * You assume this based on the fact that I refer to him by his first name above? Let's stick to the topic and the facts here. The link you point to is a primary source. The article is lacking secondary reliable sources that clearly serve as references for the content of the article. Without them, this article fails WP:V, plain and simple. --AbsolutDan (talk) 13:08, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Retain I know it sounds like he's unknown, but he's actually known in the Republic of Ireland. That's why I think we should retain it.--86.45.150.82 (talk) 10:21, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


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