Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garry Leech

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 incubate. There is general agreement that the article as it stands should not be in the main article space, but good arguments have been made that the subject has the potential for an article. This can be moved back to article space if the sourcing improves and any remaining promotional language is removed. The article can now be found at Wikipedia:Article Incubator/Garry Leech. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 04:18, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Garry Leech

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Does not seem to meet WP:Author or WP:Academic - of its few editors, several would seem to have COI's that relate them to the subject AlasdairEdits (talk) 18:54, 11 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:12, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politics-related deletion discussions. — Frankie (talk) 18:12, 12 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails WP:AUTHOR, WP:BK, and WP:BIO. Qworty (talk) 00:01, 15 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Der yck C. 14:12, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No WP:BIO notability criteria met; his online journal doesn't appear to be notable either. OhNoitsJamie ^Talk 15:40, 19 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep.

He was a guest on C-SPAN BookTV [1] for 58 minutes. This is a major program broadcast nationally in the US.
He was in a 3-part series on CBC Radio [2].
He's a lecturer at Cape Brenton University [3] (example lecture)
Coverage in Cape Breton Post [4]

He appears to be considered an expert speaker on current affairs Colombia. The article needs to be rewritten so it's not a PR. Green Cardamom (talk) 00:33, 20 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: per Green - Ret.Prof (talk) 17:19, 22 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ItsZippy ^{(talk • contributions)} 19:56, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or incubate per Green C. I'd like to see those sources added, with text for context, before we just keep this per WP:HEY. Bearian (talk) 18:55, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or userfy per Green Cardamom. Being a guest on a TV show isn't sufficient to establish notability. The standard for this is WP:BIO and WP:GNG. Needs third party sources. If someone wants to userfy this until such sources are found, I think that would be within the bounds of policy. Vcessayist (talk) 23:54, 6 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails [[WP:AUTHOR] and WP:BIO--Hu12 (talk) 23:59, 6 October 2012 (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.