Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spero Dedes

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The result was keep, also withdrawn (although this is inconsequential as the AfD was closed on its' merits anyways). Also, kudos to ElectricEye for the rewrite. Daniel.Bryant ^{[ T · C ]} 09:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

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I nominated this article for deletion on 1/2/2007 after the mini-controversy about his mistakes broadcasting a game was mentioned on the biographies of living persons board. If the only thing notable about him is that he made some mistakes while boadcasting a football game he is probably not notable enough for a WP bio. Steve Dufour 15:00, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

• No on Deletion Spero Dedes is the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers. I'd say that's pretty notable. MattyFridays 15:10, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Our criteria are Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies. Please explain, citing sources, how this person satisfies them. Uncle G 15:13, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
    • As he is a media personality for one of the biggest sports franchises in the country, would it fall under the "sportsperson" criterion (performing in a league, as he's an employee of the Lakers) or television personality (employee of the NFL as part of the NFL Network)? MattyFridays 15:34, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete or provide more proof of notibility. --ElectricEye (talk) 01:49, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
• weak Keep the article needs a better balance. Right now most of the article is about his "mistake" and therefore the presentation is not NPOV. --ElectricEye (talk) 03:04, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep The article has been much improved and more cites given for his notability. I still think he is not really important enough for a WP bio, if the standards about that were really being followed. However they are not and many people less important than Mr. Dedes have bios here so I would vote to let his stay. Steve Dufour 17:26, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Borderline non-notable, but these kinds of guys usually have a following in their local markets. Paxsimius 05:22, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

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.