Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adrian John

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 delete. The "keep" opinions do not address what matters for notability: sources. Sandstein 06:07, 20 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Not notable with sources not providing enough information. Phil Bridger (talk) 14:57, 12 April 2019 (UTC) on behalf of User:132.185.161.125 - I myself am neutral for the moment.[reply]

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• Keep Adrian John has worked in UK radio for nearly 40 years, including many years at Radio 1. This alone more than satisfies any notability criteria. Rillington (talk) 15:18, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: Notable UK radio presenter, passes WP:GNG and WP:BIO. This is Paul (talk) 18:30, 14 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Difficult. Although he presented programmes at BBC Radio 1, there's not much in the way of reliable references and sources. Keep if more sources can be provided. UK Wiki User (talk) 07:54, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've now added an additional reference. Rillington (talk) 13:06, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Delete - Whilst this guy ought to be notable, the references to support notability just aren't there, or at least I was not able to find them in my WP:BEFORE. Daily Mail is not an RS, and the two other citations are a BBC listing (not independent source on this particular subject, and not significant coverage since it is a bare listing of his name against a program) and a Radio Today article that mentions his name in passing (and hence is not significant coverage). I could easily switch if better sourcing were found. FOARP (talk) 08:48, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would argue that someone who has 40 years of experience as a DJ/presenter, including seven years at Radio 1, is notable. Rillington (talk) 16:05, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it does seem inconceivable that someone who presented a daily show on Radio 1 for seven years, in the pre-web pre-streaming era when the station had an audience of millions, would not have attracted significant coverage in independent reliable sources at the time. It seems that we would need someone to look in newspaper and magazine archives for the 1980s to unearth such sources. Phil Bridger (talk) 16:51, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. This is my opinion at the moment due to the lack of reliable sources. There's not much that comes up when I search for him online. Although he worked for Radio 1, there's nothing that says all radio presenters need to have an article. As FOARP says above, if more sources can be added, I'll easily be persuaded to change my mind. Sorry y'all. Toby Hynde (talk) 10:06, 18 April 2019 (UTC) — Toby Hynde (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Pardon my suspicion, but it seems odd that a brand new editor should first create a user page that is a copy of another user's, and then immediately go on to support that other editor in five deletion discussions about radio presenters. What is going on? Phil Bridger (talk) 11:04, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I beg your pardon? I have an interest in the media and have been watching a number of discussions including this one. Yes - I've just taken it upon myself to join Wikipedia and don't want you to accuse me of something that I haven't done. If you've noticed, I'm mid-way through taking part in other discussions! Toby Hynde (talk) 11:13, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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