Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jim Haskins

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The result was delete. Fritzpoll (talk) 08:00, 9 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Jim Haskins[edit]

The primary claim to notability is that this person was a radio personality at WMUB for 17 years. Even if this is true--and I can see no sources showing that it is--that doesn't necessarily merit an enclopedia article. More importantly, note that the only two external sources (see [1] and [2]) make no mention of Haskins' radio career, and I suspect that they pertain to unrelated people named Jim Haskins. All in all, this appears to be a mistake, a hoax or an inside joke. Also note that the author of this article has been behaving strangely and insinuating misleading links to the Haskins article into inappropriate places (see [3] where Mr. Napkin Dance Party inserts Haskins's name into a sentence, whose source does not mention Haskins and [4] where he edit wars with User:The Fat Man Who Never Came Back over whether to include a pointless Jim Haskins link in the Radio personality article). The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 02:31, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In case any one cares, I found a page about the real Jim Haskins (the WMUB guy). I still don't see why he's notable, but I'll leave that for you to decide. In any case, he is certainly not the Jim Haskins from the AgriBusiness Communication Group or a financial advisor at Tucker-Haskins.--The Fat Man Who Never Came Back (talk) 05:30, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Non-notable host on a local station, just like thousands of others without articles. Niteshift36 (talk) 06:04, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 11:57, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete While there are many people by the same name with lots of media coverage, a search for "Jim Haskins" + WMUB yields scant coverage: [5]. Cazort (talk) 17:14, 2 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:00, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete ~~and merge~~ ~~relevant info into WMUB~~. Sources don't support claim, so just delete. لenna vecia 17:35, 3 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Important radio personality for all of southwest Ohio. Due to the nature of radio broadcasting web-based sources are hard to come by to to support claims of notability, but transcripts of WMUB broadcasts clearly show Haskin's wide influence. His recent termination from the radio is notable as it is just another example of the Greater Depression. His work outside of radio, while somewhat less notable, is important to document as it enables a broader understanding of the stories included on the radio. Peter Napkin Dance Party (talk) 13:49, 6 June 2009 (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.