Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Brown (journalist)

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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Endymion.12 (talk) 12:59, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Tony Brown (journalist)[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG. NYT reference is trivial, and I couldn't find any decent sources establishing notability. Appears to be a minor conspiracy theorist. Endymion.12 (talk) 19:01, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Ceethekreator (talk) 20:29, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of West Virginia-related deletion discussions. Ceethekreator (talk) 20:29, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – The New York Times piece is quite in-depth to be called trivial. As stated in the article in ~~1985~~ 1982; “…Dapper, bespectacled and 48 years old, Tony Brown is the only black producer of a nationally televised serious black program, Tony Brown's Journal.” Believe this passes our Notability guidelines. ShoesssS ^Talk 20:43, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Shoessss: Where is that quote taken from? It's not from the NYT article cited. Endymion.12 (talk) 21:04, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The quote is from The New York Times, but from a different article than the one cited in the article. (Here is a link to it.) MarkZusab (talk) 21:25, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I am sorry I said 1985 it is actually 1982 [1] Sorry for the confusion. ShoesssS ^Talk 11:41, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as an obvious pass of WP:GNG and probably WP:AUTHOR as well. "I couldn't find any decent sources" is a statement about the nominator's capabilities, not the article subject's notability. Possible sources include Thomas, Keith L. (8 January 1989). "'Racism is green': Tony Brown: a talk show host who's not all talk". Chicago Tribune. p. J26., and Hasemyer, David (15 November 1995). "PBS' Tony Brown touts wisdom of racial accord". The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. B3., and the 1600-word profile Simmonds, Yussuf J. (7 January 2010). "Tony Brown". Los Angeles Sentinel. p. A12., and the 1800-word profile Higgins, Chester A, Sr. (6 November 1996). "Tony Brown had a vision". Michigan Chronicle. p. 7A.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link), or a front page Christian Science Monitor story (Marquand, Robert (23 August 1988). "Tony Brown: tough on whites and blacks". The Christian Science Monitor. p. A1.). I'll stop there, but please note that I formatted these with the cite template in case anyone wants to actually improve the article using the numerous available sources. Bakazaka (talk) 22:33, 7 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - Urban League's distinguished service award, JET 100 most influential Black Americans of 1977, dean of the school of communications at Howard University in the early 1970s, co-organizer of a MLK march in Detroit in 1963, Host of the at the time longest running black affairs show on television, the list goes on and on. Smmurphy^(Talk) 18:13, 8 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Keep notable journalist, has own notable show, one of his books was notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:34, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Note So I have clearly made a mistake by only performing a cursory google search before nominating this article. Would someone perhaps like to use the references listed above to actually improve the article? Unfortunately I have neither the time nor the interest to do so. Endymion.12 (talk) 12:39, 9 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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