Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Pratt

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. -- Cirt (talk) 02:04, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dave Pratt

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I can nor verify "the longest running rock and roll show" and even if I could, I do not think there's enough for notability in the one article I could find. DGG ( talk ) 19:46, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep the coverage is definitely there (eg feature piece here) - he seems to have had a long and well-known radio career. --Mkativerata (talk) 20:03, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Article sourced and somewhat expanded by yours truly. Also note that the previous version of the article wrote "America’s Longest Running Rock N’ Roll Morning Show" with caps as though it were a title, which is isn't supposed to be; I've added a ref that describes Dave Pratt in the Morning as such without the caps. —CodeHydro 20:41, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I look at all the sources and they look for the post part like reliable sources. on the totality of the evidence, i am thinking this is probably a keep and not a delete.--Bad edits r dumb (talk) 20:43, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
comments I'm glad some more was found, but I am not withdrawing the AfD. I am very dubious about the actual notability of local radio DJs, him included, for which there are only local sources, as here. That such local sources were found for them is not surprising, because it will be increasingly possible if sufficient search is made, to meet the GNG for essentially any local personality. This makes a for a contradiction with WP:LOCAL , which says "On the other hand, attention solely from local media, or media of limited interest and circulation, is not an indication of notability" -- which has often been interpreted here as meaning that local sources do not count as WP:RS for the purpose of notability. (I know that LOCAL is only an essay, but it has sometimes been used to limit the GNG, and sometimes not.)

As for some specifics, that it was America's longest running R & R morning show is sourced only to a publicity handout; if it should be true, I would expect better sources. That his band sold over 100,000 records seems dubious, considering it is apparently not notable by WP's very inclusive standards for bands. DGG ( talk ) 22:33, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I fully agree with your views on local notability, but Arizona (or just Phoenix for that matter) aren't exactly "local" areas.--Mkativerata (talk) 22:51, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There seems to be a reasonable amount of material out there such as Who's who in rock music. Colonel Warden (talk) 23:49, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 12:56, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per DGG. Drewbug (talk) 21:19, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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