Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laura Di Battista

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. -- Cirt (talk) 00:15, 11 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Laura Di Battista[edit]

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fails WP:CREATIVE as a journalist. only the first hit in gnews [1] seems to be indepth coverage. other hits are mainly passing mentions not about her career etc. LibStar (talk) 07:49, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - In addition to nom's well laid out argument, the article has been around since 2007 and still consists of only three sentences of rather unremarkable prose. Nothing to show notability at this point and no reason to believe that any will be available anytime soon. BelloWello (talk) 07:55, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. —PK T(alk) 14:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, she's a local TV reporter in a large market - doesn't meet the standards for journalists under WP:CREATIVE. PK T(alk) 14:31, 24 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep per WP:CREATIVE #1. The coverage in Toronto Star is significant as it is distrubted within Ontario (much like the New York Times). Google is not a sufficient basis upon which to delete an article. Her name is known and recognised within Ontario. In fact a search of the CBC web site yields many hits: [2]. The CBC is a national broadcaster. The article needs expansion not deletion. Argolin (talk) 10:18, 28 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Your arguments are persuasive, do you have multiple examples of independent media coverage of this specific person? coccyx bloccyx_(toccyx) 20:31, 2 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- The coverage in the Toronto Star is not significant. It only mentions that she has been a newscaster with CityTV for 26 years. The CBC does not even give her significant coverage - 3 or 4 sentences worth of information tops. DigitalC (talk) 23:31, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Firsfron of Ronchester 09:42, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Fails WP:CREATIVE, no sign of significant coverage, as noted above. DigitalC (talk) 23:31, 10 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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