Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Patrick Cook


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   keep. Canley (talk) 02:03, 19 December 2017 (UTC)

Patrick Cook

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No notability disclosed. Simply being published is insufficient ADS54 talk 03:17, 14 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep. Notable as a satirical artist and writer and as a performer on stage and TV. Seidler cartoon controversy alone made him a national name. Castlemate (talk) 03:27, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep. This guy is very famous in Australia, don't you think? You can google and find all sorts of mentions in books, news stories, author credits, lawsuits, and so on and on. The article could become very long, there is much to say. Easily passes WP:GNG. This is an absurd nomination, and it just looks like ADS54 is simply creating an AfD for everyone who ever attended Newington College. Jack N. Stock (talk) 07:06, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Mahveotm (talk) 08:14, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. Mahveotm (talk) 08:14, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Mahveotm (talk) 08:14, 14 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment. A speedy keep would be appropriate and would send the right message. This attack on anyone that attended Newington College from 1863 until the present day, and from aged 3 until 18, is absurd. Clearly I'm at fault for writing bios on people I think are notable and interesting but a more reasoned approach to my exuberance is called for, rather that the current slash and burn approach. The same approach was used in 2007 by another, now blocked, editor so again some discipline needs to be exercised with this nominator. Castlemate (talk) 10:43, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep – It's not a quality article by any means, but it meets the notability guidelines and cites reliable sources. Material on what the subject is actually notable for could be expanded on. Kb.au (talk) 12:10, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep A clear failure of WP:BEFORE by NOM. Plenty of WP:NEXIST to support WP:GNG.  Yes the article needs to be improved. Aoziwe (talk) 13:46, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep In the Newington College rush (most of which lack notability), let's be generous and say it was an oversight to put this one up for AfD. Boneymau (talk) 23:31, 14 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete a lack of sources to show notability. Absolutely nothing justifies the calls for a speedy keep of this article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:50, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * As you are from Detroit Michigan you clearly have little or no understanding of the person in question so I respectfully ask you to stop "voting" on issues you know nothing about. Please also desist from harrassing me on my talk page and accussing me of spamming. I have been assured by other editors that his is not the case. Castlemate (talk) 08:38, 15 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep One of the most prominent Australian political cartoonists of his generation. Tons of sources should be available on him. Nick-D (talk) 05:59, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. A simple Google search turns up tons of stuff here - article's spare but no reason to delete. Frickeg (talk) 12:23, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Many people are saying "so many sources available" etc, and that a simple google search can find sources..yet I can't find much really..could anyone give a few examples of sources? Galobtter (pingó mió) 12:36, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Does this help? I have not been through them myself.  Aoziwe (talk) 13:09, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Not really that much. The one source I can find - this - appears to be some sort of wiki (I edited it, and corrected grammar). Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:20, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * It's a moderated wiki where all edits are reviewed, and the article has 15 citations. And you didn't look very far if that's all you found. I have real work to do, but if I have time later I will come back and build the article. Jack N. Stock (talk) 16:44, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I don't see much in it that is about him. I don't see much in the sources either. I saw people claiming above that it is very easy to find sources on him..so I figured they'd be able to easily give me some :) Galobtter (pingó mió) 16:54, 16 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete !voting delete on this one unless someone can produce a link to an independent and reliable source with significant coverage on him, not a link to a search. Galobtter (pingó mió) 13:20, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * He was probably most prominent in the late 1970s and the 1980s, and not much from Australian media at that time is online, which is why finding in-depth sources is a little challenging. But I've found this about the famous Harry Sideler defamation trial referred to above and this about his TV show The Dingo Principle. He really is very well known in Australia. I'll add these to the article. Boneymau (talk) 21:23, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hmm, seems enough to strike my !vote. Galobtter (pingó mió) 04:57, 17 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Keep - clearly notable. Beyond My Ken (talk) 18:29, 16 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Not the the AfD is suspicious He passes notability. For being recipient of Walkley Awards a number of times he passes WP:GNG as it's important Journalism award in Australia, often regarded as national-equivalent of Pulitzer Prize, the world most important journalism awarad. –Ammarpad (talk) 11:04, 17 December 2017 (UTC)


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