Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Withington


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The result was delete. No good refutations of delete arguments were provided, and keep arguments do not back themselves up. lifebaka (talk - contribs) 16:54, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Simon Withington

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Non-notable TV producer - modest career culminating in work on a largely unknown lifestyle channel. No non-trivial ghits. Fails WP:BIO and in particular WP:CREATIVE - "known as an important figure or is widely cited", "known for originating a significant new concept", "has created... a significant or well-known work", "has won significant critical attention" etc etc. I.e. just a.n.other TV guy andy (talk) 21:49, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think that the article demonstrates notability. Simon Withington is one of the senior people (executive producer) at a rather specialized television channel, and has a number of other accomplishments. --Eastmain (talk) 22:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * That's not what notability means - read the policy. But if it matters, his "rather specialized" channel has viewing figures that are too small to be measured accurately according to official industry statistics. Being a big fish in a microscopic pond does not automatically confer notability!  andy (talk) 22:26, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 22:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.   —Eastmain (talk) 22:06, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete agree with nom's reading of BIO. This guy is nn. Eusebeus (talk) 18:42, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Simon Withington was only one of 3 producers of 'Dennis Norden Laughter File' and 'It will be alright on the night' These programmes, at the time were some of ITV's flagship programmes. On one episode, his show managed to gain a 79% audience share. Under the unsigned comment added by Folkestoneflyer (talk • contribs) 23:06, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Nope - he didn't create the Denis Norden show, which has been running for many years, nor did he establish the TV channel nor is there any evidence that he is notable for making it a success. He's just a reasonably senior staff member with very few ghits. andy (talk) 23:12, 25 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep He is visible on the British Television Producers page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:British_television_producers - Surely that is a reason to keep this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.133.46.150 (talk) 08:33, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Well he would be, wouldn't he? A WP editor put him there! andy (talk) 23:13, 25 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment - 85.133.46.150 may be related to Folkestoneflyer - anon IP SPA with same edit profile. andy (talk) 23:12, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
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 *  This seems a really petty argument. Why don't you just leave it?, if your getting so worked up on it, just delete it. I don't have time for people that think they know what constitutes an inclusion —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.77.151.125 (talk) 23:00, 27 July 2008 (UTC)


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