Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clip Smith

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, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Clip Smith

Appears to be a local celebrity of little renown outside of his broadcast area. ghits: [1] — NMChico24 04:43, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep He is very notable in the Buffalo area as a fixture on several stations and as the play by play announcer for reasonably large college program. Also, not many people had a tribute to them entered into congressional record. Agne 05:18, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as a non-notable person. Erechtheus 05:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Sorry, was notable in Buffalo is not notable enough for Wikipedia. And yes, many people get tributes -- you basically just ask your congressman and he'll do it. All it is is the text of a glowing speech that some intern delivers to the Clerk of Congress. --Dhartung | Talk 08:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Article was created on 7/27 to clear request at WP:AR1, so perhaps it would be best to allow some time for the article to gain traction.--Thanatosil 13:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
  • After a bit of additional research, based on the length of time he was on-air and his local political activities, Clip does appear to be somewhat notable. Not saying this has "perfect article" written all over it, but apparently quite a few people know of him. --Thanatosil 00:03, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. Article has verifiable sources. Subject gets a handful of indpedendent Ghits. Article was only created a short time ago. Not a major notable figure, but I think it squeaks by and has some potential to "gain traction" as mentioned above. Scorpiondollprincess 14:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. The article can always be recreated when and if he ever "gains traction". wikipediatrix 17:34, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
  • I doubt Clip himself will "gain traction", as he is dead, but my point was that prodding an article fulfilling a WP:AR1 less than 10 minutes after its creation seemed excessive, not allowing the WP community time to augment the stub. --Thanatosil 18:35, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
    • That doesn't seem very friendly, and I'd frown upon that practice. At the same time, Smith's book is written as you point out. Is there something that would establish his notability missing from the article? If so, there is time to add information to satisfy notability. Erechtheus 19:47, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
      • I guess we'll see...I just created the stub by doing a bit of Googling in order to satisfy the request for an article. I'm from Chicago, so I hadn't heard of Clip previously, but if he's notable outside of Buffalo, hopefully someone will provide the info. :) --Thanatosil 20:21, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete: For an insider's guide to broadcasting, this is probably good, but I'm not sure that those outside of that community and outside of the broadcast range will have encountered the name or that the personality created much of an effect beyond the local area. Geogre 21:16, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Local media figures are perfectly encyclopedic. - SimonP 12:52, 29 July 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.