Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Waters (journalist)

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 00:27, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Waters (journalist)[edit]

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Totally unsourced article about a local reporter that fails WP:CREATIVE. Most items I could find were reported by him, not about him. Article mentions "associated press awards", but these were state level awards, only among other stations in the state, not national level awards. Has had jobs that put him on TV, but no significant coverage about him. Visible and notable aren't the same thing. Niteshift36 (talk) 21:11, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Article has never had sources and it was tagged as such by the author, who apparently felt sourcing it was someone elses job. Niteshift36 (talk) 21:15, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Per nom. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡbomb 22:40, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - there's some history to this one. David Waters was originally about the the Australian actor, but was repeatedly hijacked by User:Davidgwaters for a page on the career of David G. Waters, and by User:Chrisayto hijacking it for the career of wrestler Dave Waters, plus various acts of vandalism conflating his career with Gary Glitter's. So to halt the carnage, I turned David Waters into a dab, splitting the hijacked versions out with simple copy & pastes. I didn't source them because I couldn't find any WP:Reliable sources following the split. Subject here appears to fail WP:BIO and WP:CREATIVE. Deleting this article probably won't stop the re-hijacking of David Waters, so I'd appreciate other editors keeping an eye on it. Thanks, MuffledThud (talk) 19:58, 23 January 2010 (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.