Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nicholas Quah


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The result was delete. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 14:15, 6 December 2019 (UTC)

Nicholas Quah

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No meaningful coverage, most hits are written by him and I cannot find any real coverage about him. Praxidicae (talk) 17:26, 27 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks Praxidicae. I've posted in Quah's talk page, but now realize that this is where the discussion is supposed to go. I do see you are saying that most of the sources about Quah are written by Quah himself. The google news feed has tons of articles written by him on Nieman Lab, Politico, Vulture, Hot Pod (of course). All total his name comes up in like 3150 articles if you go to Google and search for his name.


 * However, lumped in there are lots of references to him speaking and being quoted in the press as an expert on podcasts. Here's a few examples:


 * He's quoted here for a paragraph in API: https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/need-to-know/need-to-know-nov-21-2019/


 * And he's mentioned here as a commenter on the presidental debate with Politico https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2019/11/20/democratc-debate-format-ideas-072011


 * On stage here at WBUR, Boston: https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2019/07/23/peak-podcast-business-apps-audio


 * He's also quoted here by Barron's as an expert on the podcast industry: https://www.barrons.com/articles/podcasting-is-now-a-big-business-can-it-grow-its-advertising-base-51555708418


 * Of course, my feeling of his notability is probably because I subscribe to his newsletter and have taken him as an authority on the podcast business for many years. So maybe I'm biased and that's really the core of the problem.


 * Anyway, I very much appreciate Praxidicae (and DESiegel Contribs)'s help getting me up to speed on how to edit correctly. I'm reading up on the guidelines as fast as I can, but it's going to take a little while before I'm comfortable here.


 * Switfoot (talk) 18:11, 27 November 2019 (UTC)switfoot
 * None of those are coverage, I'm afraid. They're interviews or quotes. Praxidicae (talk) 18:16, 27 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks Praxidicae. Interesting. This is helpful.  May I ask what defines "coverage" if not being interviewed or quoted in mainstream publications?  Do you mean that there needs to be articles in the mainstream press specifically about Quah, rather that just using him as a source in discussions about the topics that he writes on? Switfoot (talk) 18:21, 27 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes,, exactly. There needs to be other people writing about Quah, not just evidence of people quoting him. It needs to be more than just a brief mentions, some detailed content about him by people not closely associated with him, Critical reviews of his work, also in some detail, can also count, as per WP:NAUTHOR. The political source above is too cursory to be of help here, and the others are all by him, quoting him, or interviews whill will mean largely him speaking. Sometimes an interview has an introductory section in which the reporter writes about the subject in detail, and those can be useful, but most interviews don't have any independent content. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 18:37, 27 November 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:GNG. Jmertel23 (talk) 21:47, 28 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 11:47, 1 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - Fails WP:GNG. The article looks promotional - Jay (talk) 05:48, 6 December 2019 (UTC)


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