Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Utley
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- 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. Nom withdraw per TerriersFan (non-admin closure) NuclearWarfare contact meMy work 21:38, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Tom Utley (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)
After getting sent this, I looked up Tom Utley's article on Wikipedia. It doesn't seem to me that he passes the notability guideline for biographies. So, off to you, AFD people. NuclearWarfare contact meMy work 03:56, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete: I would like to see some type of reference and particularly independent sources. There does not seem to have been much work put into the piece and there is also the question of notability which is weak at best. Royalhistorian (talk) 06:11, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Looks like an okay stub to me. Some evidence of notability. ChildofMidnight (talk) 07:45, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 11:35, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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- Keep. Established journalist on two major newspapers; passes WP:CREATIVE ("regarded as an important figure") on the basis of the Guardian article. Tevildo (talk) 11:46, 25 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Tevildo, can you please point me to another article that ranks him as important, please? NuclearWarfare contact meMy work 02:31, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep Currently a regular contributor to at least one national newspaper. Boddah —Preceding undated comment was added at 02:01, 27 December 2008 (UTC).[reply]
- Keep - described by a rival publication as a 'star columnist'. TerriersFan (talk) 21:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.