Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike McManus (journalist)


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 22:31, 24 June 2018 (UTC)

Mike McManus (journalist)

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fails WP:PEOPLE – Lionel(talk) 10:54, 17 June 2018 (UTC)
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Hi - I think this does meet the notability criteria - ie., Mike McManus is a notable Canadian journalist and television host who had a prominent TV show on Ontario television. On the show, he interviewed prominent Canadians including Margaret Atwood - the wiki article links to an online archive of his interviews. I was interested in learning more about him after watching a show that he hosted.

Amita 64.229.98.73 (talk) 13:17, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

I would also say, looking at the notability criteria, that he is a journalist who "has created or played a major role in co-creating a significant or well-known work or collective body of work." His television show, "The Education of Mike McManus" is significant, given that it presents a window into prominent Ontarians in the 70s. It has also been mentioned in two books: "Understanding Me: Lectures and Interviews" about Marshall McLuhan, and "Paikin and the Premiers: Personal Reflections on a Half Century of Ontario Premiers" by Steve Paikin. His show is also the subject of a post on Ted Barris's blog: http://tedbarris.com/2016/02/11/tried-by-judge/

Amita 64.229.98.73 (talk) 13:46, 17 June 2018 (UTC)

His program is listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_TVOntario#Former_programming and all the other programs there have been suitable for entries in Wikipedia. Prowsej (talk) 13:48, 17 June 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete promotional and lacks signs of notability. Jtbobwaysf (talk) 08:06, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

Comment. The current article doesn't actually say why the subject is notable. Please expand it to explain that and it may have a chance of not being deleted. Accesscrawl (talk) 03:28, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Hosting a TV show that was broadcast in only one province is not an automatic free pass over our notability criteria for media personalities — it would be enough if he could be reliably sourced over WP:GNG for it, but it is not enough if you have to rely on primary sources and glancing namechecks of his existence in coverage of other things as your sources. He has to be the subject of coverage about him in unaffiliated sources, not just have a content directory on the website of his own former employer or get passingly mentioned in coverage of other things, to establish notability. Our notability criteria are not passed by what an article says — they're passed by how well the article references what it says, but the sources here aren't cutting it. Bearcat (talk) 19:23, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment. Thanks for this comment. I found it helpful. I added some links, in particular to one Globe and Mail article that focuses on him. Prowsej (talk) 23:19, 20 June 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete a non-notable journalist.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:40, 21 June 2018 (UTC)


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