Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josh Agnew

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 delete. Drmies (talk) 01:49, 8 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Josh Agnew[edit]

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Unremarkable person running a series of internet radio stations. Fails WP:GNG. One article in a local newspaper, but no significant coverage that addresses the topic directly and in detail. Just an autobiography with no objective evidence that the subject has received significant attention from independent sources to support a claim of notability. Harry ^{Let us have speaks} 15:21, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. J04n(talk page) 17:53, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. J04n(talk page) 17:53, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete Fails WP:BIO ukexpat (talk) 21:50, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:GNG and WP:BIO. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:06, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO. The person hasn't received any award, nor have they made a significant contribution to the radio industry that causes a lasting effect. So WP:ANYBIO is out. The only sources I could locate that satisfy WP:RS were the exact four references listed in the article. These references all describe this person and their coverage of him as if it were a local or community story; not a national story that provides in-depth analysis relevant for a nation (so, definitely not national news). The sources provided are secondary, reliable, and independent of the subject. However, the issue is the coverage itself; it's only a local or community event, and the number of references that could be located were only four. Four sources do not constitute significant coverage (in that a full article could be written without the inclusion of original research). Hence, this article does not meet WP:GNG. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 22:31, 1 January 2016 (UTC).[reply]

This is a national story. if you actually looked at the other three articles you would know. And YES, I HAVE received awards for this achievement. Please leave this page alone. You have pages for 5 year olds who have achieved something small. What is the problem with this? If you were searching my name from within Australia, you would see pages of articles regarding myself. Please leave this page alone! — Note to closing admin: Joshuajnet (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this AfD.

Joshuajnet, you are not being particularly helpful to your own case by blanking this AfD and leaving non-policy/non-rationalized comments on it. Please give us a chance to let discussion happen and process work. If you really are notable, then it'll be hashed out in the end. Lithorien (talk) 16:15, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 04:11, 6 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak Keep~~. I would have jumped on the deletion bandwagon except for one claim which, to me, screams notability: "He became known as Australia's youngest radio announcer and general manager." While I can't find, in policy, something to directly support that being notable, I suspect this is a case where we need to ignore the rules and stop being overly strict since this person actually has a credible claim to some notability. Lithorien (talk) 16:06, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree except that there are no reliable sources to back up the claim. It's one thing to make a claim. Anyone can claim to be anything (bearing in mind this is an autobiography - I would take a different view if it weren't). There is no third party evidence to back up the claim that he has become well-known or has received awards as claimed. He's someone who has set up some non-notable internet radio stations, received minor local coverage and has been mentioned in a few blogs. We have not been overly strict, giving him plenty of time to back up his claims of notability with reliable sources. He hasn't, so that is why I have nominated this for deletion. Harry ^{Let us have speaks} 16:31, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the above reasoning. While the claim is made and referenced in one of the sources, it's not actually verifiable beyond a wild guess. Additional searching after my initial post isn't showing any evidence either. Lithorien (talk) 16:39, 2 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, fails WP:BIO. Dschslava (talk) 19:03, 2 January 2016 (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.