Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Todd Baker

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 no consensus. (Non-administrator closure.) Northamerica1000^(talk) 19:55, 27 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Todd Baker[edit]

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Article topic lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) Fails WP:CREATIVE and WP:ENT notability guidelines. Only coverage is either cursory in nature (e.g., Variety) or self-published (e.g., Huffpo bio, CU blog). Also see discussion at Talk:Dix Hills, New York. czar ♔ 04:32, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. czar ♔ 04:32, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:16, 3 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michaelzeng7 (talk) 18:47, 10 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, buff bills 7701 12:16, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Variety has enough coverage of this producer (such as here and here) that his notability seems at least debatable, but some of the Variety articles read like glorified press releases. Others are trivial mentions. Maybe someone can come up with better sources? I tried looking, but there doesn't really seem to be much coverage of his work with Howard Stern. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:54, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@NinjaRobotPirate: I scraped the bottom of every major database. There's no dedicated coverage. I brought it here because there isn't any coverage to sustain an article. czar ♔ 19:18, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I agree that it's very difficult to find mentions of him anywhere but Variety, but I'm not quite sure why you're discounting that coverage. Variety is clearly a reliable source. My biggest concern, as I said, is that they read a bit too promotional, as if they're undisclosed press releases. Still, since it's impossible to prove that they are, I have to assume that they're legitimate articles. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 20:19, 18 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I never said they weren't legit. For purposes of the GNG, one is "about" his company and one is a cursory mention. My position is that the subject doesn't meet the GNG for want of sources, although every last little mention of him has been dug up. That's all czar ♔ 20:31, 18 January 2014 (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.