Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Bath (presenter)


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The result was    Delete. Eluchil404 (talk) 07:04, 16 October 2009 (UTC)

Richard Bath (presenter)
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Doesn't satisfy the criteria detailed at WP:CREATIVE (which includes journalists), hasn't been widely cited by peers or successors, no new concepts/techniques/major roles/critical attention or significant contributions. Additionally, the article is pure nonsense such as "soon he was setting alight to Bradfor's Stadium and planting huge stores of Gasoline at Wimbledon's Plough Lane to get hard hitting stories, his bosses were oh-so-proud." raising strong WP:BLP issues. ƒ(Δ)² 08:49, 23 September 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:41, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - article is full of nonsense, clearly a hoax. LOL has a huge fanbase in Andorra. :-)  Tris2000 (talk) 10:00, 23 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment He is real enough, someone has been playing in the article. No idea on notability of news readers. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by)   23:05, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Are you aware of any sources that he actually exists? I would like to attempt to work on the article, but can't find sources that I know refer to him specifically (his name is quite generic). --Pink Bull (talk) 19:47, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * This would probably not be deemed a reliable source, of that list though I would say that he is in the upper half on the 'fame' scale. ITV's own website has nothing on their news presenters at the moment. I'm sure that he has read the national news, which is where I recognised him from. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by)    22:45, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Completely unscientific and not counting 'OTHERSTUFFEXISTS' etc. I did a little survey, of that list of 33 TV personalities, 18 of them have WP articles (including Richard Bath), of the missing ones nine get mentioned in programme articles. Some with articles appear to be regional only (certainly some I've not heard of before, I'm in Central England BTW). Mr Bath being a national and international (BBC world service from one of the images) newsreader seems to be at the more notable end of the scale. Leaning towards 'keep'. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by)   23:23, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 01:10, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  -- Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:42, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Delete Insufficient notability to meet guidelines. ChildofMidnight (talk) 04:24, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Tentative Keep I think a presenter on a notable show would pass WP:CREATIVE #4 or WP:ENT #1, though I have little experience with these particular guidelines. His show Westcountry Live is apparently notable enough for Wikipedia at any rate. Gruntler (talk) 08:23, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - no substantial coverage, barely can verify that he exists; "newsreader" in the most transparent of senses (hey, my Macintosh can read the news to you!) -- Orange Mike  &#x007C;   Talk  00:33, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Article fails WP:SOURCES.--LAA <font color="black" face="Times New Roman">Fan '' 04:47, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
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