Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phil Trow

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 00:44, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Phil Trow

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Non-notable local radio presenter. Funky Snack (Talk | Contribs) 11:16, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Radio and England. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:18, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Another CV article about a local radio DJ. Nothing but interviews and passing mentions on a search. Just having appeared on the radio isn't a marker of notability. Flip Format (talk) 15:31, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep How long does someone have to be active to be notable? He has worked in radio for more than 30 years, yet you still think he is not notable? There is no issue here about notability so this article should therefore be kept. Rillington (talk) 01:41, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Notability isn't a question of how long somebody has been "active", it's a question of the quality of the sourcing that can be shown to externally validate his significance. That is, it isn't demonstrated by sourcing the article to his staff profiles on the self-published websites of his own present or former employers as proof that he exists — it's demonstrated by sourcing the article to journalism about him, in third-party media outlets other than his own employers, and/or books that weren't self-published by his own employers, as proof that his work has been externally validated as important by people without a vested interest in it. Bearcat (talk) 17:29, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 12:43, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, fails WP:NBASIC. No significant coverage found, I did find this but it's a routine announcement about the subject to be broadcasting live from a market. This interview is not going to satisfy notability guidelines either. ~ Tails Wx 19:06, 17 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. As always, radio personalities are not "inherently" notable just because they exist, but this features absolutely none of the WP:GNG-worthy coverage about him that it would take to bridge the chasm between existence and notability. Bearcat (talk) 17:30, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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