Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Will Buckley (journalist)


 * 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. (non-admin closure)  C T J F 8 3  chat 02:11, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Will Buckley (journalist)

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Fails to meet the requirements of WP:PERSON Regancy42 (talk) 12:07, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Subject likely meets WP:BIO but is the target of vandals apparently due to publicity of the article on a radio program, awaiting protection from admins RadioFan (talk) 12:14, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep The article needs improved sourcing, but he is the senior sports writer for an imminently notable newspaper. Notability may not be inherited, but his position in itself means he has "played a major role in co-creating...a significant or well-known work", never mind his contributions to other media. It is difficult to create articles on journalists, as google searches and the like will often turn up material they have written, rather than material about them, but I suspect that enough could be found here and here to create a decent article. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:38, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete No third party coverage, only blurbs from the publications he writes for. William Avery (talk) 14:58, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Just on the first page of hits linked above, I find this third party coverage in The First Post. Not that I'd include that, because it seems like undue. But that's just the first page. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:40, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Senior sports writer for one of the major national newspapers in the UK. His standing is therefore equivalent to someone like Mike Lupica or Bob Ryan here in the States. Blueboy96 15:14, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, needs 3rd party refs, but he's probably notable. His novel is published by an imprint of Harper Collins. Hairhorn (talk) 21:40, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep, I don't think the deletion proposer's right here. As he has been published and is a major British sports journalist, he does meet the requirements linked in WP:BIO. Strange Passerby (talk) 06:14, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Also, if it is possible for any useful information from the original article before that was deleted to be restored, that should be done too. Strange Passerby (talk) 10:37, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Published author, national journalist for the Guardian newspaper and frequent pundit on national radio via BBC Radio Five. 80.222.132.98 (talk) 08:13, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Sufficient notability is clear, deletion serves no purpose as no contentious material is present. Collect (talk) 13:21, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - RS coverage of his book. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:57, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:34, 22 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep per sources found by others. Ks0stm (T•C•G) 12:02, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 16:40, 22 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep : notability established by sources. ukexpat (talk) 20:14, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.