Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Plaster

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. (non-admin closure) Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:27, 14 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

George Plaster

Asserts notability as a prolific radio host, but no sources found. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 17:00, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep with a disclaimer that I do listen to him every day, so I have a bias. Plenty of sources exist on him...especially during his WTN/104.5 dispute...but my logic goes in a different direction. Do we consider Division 1 play-by-play announcers to be notable? He is the former announcer for both the University of Memphis and Vanderbilt University football and basketball. --Smashville^talk 19:00, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. —Thryduulf (talk) 21:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. —Thryduulf (talk) 21:53, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Keep, but beef up the article. I've never heard of this guy (he's not in my part of the state), so I don't have that kind of bias. A quick Google search turned up a lot of hits on his name. Many were on websites for stations that run his show or teams for which he does play-by-play, so they aren't purely 3rd party. Many more were blogs, so they aren't reliable sources. Additionally, he's often quoted in news stories (most recently in stories about Steve McNair's death). I did find a couple of print articles that are mostly about him that could be cited in the article, but since there were discrepancies with details in the articles, I simply documented the links on the talk page (let someone more knowledgable sort them out). Based on all that, I concluded that Mr. Plaster is notable, but we still need the sources to show it. Additionally, I discovered that there is a George Plaster bobblehead doll (I suppose that's some sort of indication of notability!), which I documented in the article. --Orlady (talk) 23:20, 7 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the Plas bobblehead was a big hit at the Sounds game it was given away at. I was thinking the fact that I listened to him every day might cloud my judgment on this one...so I strayed from a full-on keep. --Smashville^talk 15:58, 8 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Plenty of sources exist; many are from the Nashville Banner (where there is much coverage of him), but not entirely. I've added a few just now. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:18, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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