Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baz Bamigboye

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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 of this debate was keep. Stubbleboy 16:02, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Baz Bamigboye

person is not noteworthy, few people have heard of him or care about him Igbogirl 01:25, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Comment Do we have guidelines on notability for "journalists" ? If we have an article on Nigel "Pratt" Dumpster why not poor Baz ? -- Beardo 02:30, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete nn. Google turns up some articles and some carping, but no major controversy or Pulitzer nomination or suchlike. Eldereft 02:32, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

*Delete per Eldereft. Google does have some hits, but most pertain to articles he's written and dead-links. Stubbleboy 03:24, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Abstain. I have struck my consensus of delete per my belief that this article was nominated solely in retaliation, evidence from contributions by Igbogirl (talk · contribs). The article is in need of cleaning up which I shall tag it appropriatly. Stubbleboy 15:04, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per above.UberCryxic 04:42, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep (but expand). Should the bar to entry really be set so high that only "Pulitzer nominated" or very controversial journalists/columnists are included? Surely a prominent and long-running column in a highly notable national newspaper is enough. And that is without even considering Baz's significance to Nigerians, given that the article implies his father is a Nigerian king. AdorableRuffian 09:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. The article as it stands is dreadful, but Bamigboye is actually a pretty well known journalist in the UK. --OpenToppedBus - Talk to the driver 11:16, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • STRONG Keep This article isn't that good, but it is hard to imagine why he is not on here already. For such a famous journalist to be called "not noteworthy" is bizarre. Is it really constructive to suggest that "few people care about him" ? I am certain that Mr Bamigboye has a loving family, a caring group of friends, and he certainly had a caring readership. He is a journalist for the United Kingdom's most read newspaper. --Jamesr84 11:21, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I don't want to go all WP:POKEMON on you, but he has been around for years. The article could do with improving, though. Mr Stephen 11:28, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Jamesr84. "NN" isn't enough of a reason for me on this one; I see no vanity or anything like that here. In addition, I wonder about the nominator's motives given that (s)he also AFDed the speedily kept article above—I wonder if this is the case of someone trying to punish writers for taking the wrong side. Alternatively, it could be retaliatory, as Beardo notes.–♥ «Charles A. L.» 13:42, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep and expand. Writes for the daily mail and has made more TV appearances than most of the reality show contestants that we've kept articles about. ergot 14:33, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete, notability not asserted. Being a gossip columnist is certainly not sufficient notability. Person may be notable for other reasons but there's no evidence of this. --Yamla 14:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

*Delete I agree with Eldereft. I don't see any notability at all. Are we going to list every gossip columnist for every single newspaper in the world? Also, his claim of being the son of a Nigerian king has never been confirmed. Igbogirl 17:14, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

    • Comment Note that this person is the AfD nominator. --Yamla 17:15, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
    • The paper in question is the second highest selling daily in the UK. Are you suggesting that only American journalists can be kept? Piccadilly 22:45, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Keep Where do I start? 61,000 ghits should be enough for most people. obviously some will be his by-line, but a he's been on TV on Have I got news for you and gets quoted all over the place. "few people have heard of him or care about him" is absolutely not a useful reason for AfD nomination. I had not head of many people until I browsed wikipedia, but that does not prevent their being notable. Please also note Stubbleboy's comment above. Fiddle Faddle 20:29, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep (but expand). The article definitely needs some re-writing, but Baz is well-known PR fixture in the UK. -- Jalabi99 20:45, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep Very famous columnist for the second highest selling daily in the UK. Piccadilly 22:45, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Piccadilly. Itsmejudith 14:49, 29 September 2006 (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.