Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guy Morris

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 the debate was no consensus; default to keep. Johnleemk | Talk 14:44, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Guy Morris

Non-notable former radio announcer. One sentence article. Google for "Guy Morris" "Trent FM" gives 38 non-Wikipedia hits. Google for "Guy Morris" "MLS Audio" gives 4 non-Wikipedia hits. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 19:48, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Strong Keep This article just needs expansion. When making an attempt to verify notability, I highly recommend actually reading some of the websites rather than simply counting them. This DJ has some significant history in the UK starting in 1975 at Trent FM and then moving to the original lineup of Leicester Sound (also run by Trent FM) as their first morning show host. [1]. His picture is displayed on UK Radio: A Brief History - Part 3 and captioned as a popular presenter (DJ). Again, it only took a few minutes of searching and reading to come up with this information. Randomgenius 21:02, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. Please assume good faith. I did indeed visit the websites you mention before nominating this substub for deletion. The fact remains that Mr Morris simply isn't notable. He may have worked at Trent and Leicester Sound (along with hundreds of other people) but there dozens and dozen of people more notable than him in ILR that we don't have articles on. He may be mentioned on certain fansites for Trent and LS, but that still doesn't change his fundamental lack of notability. ➨ ❝REDVERS❞ 21:18, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
  • I understand the assume good faith policy, but my experience with afd, good faith, and radio (internet or otherwise) topics here at wikipedia is that these articles are submitted for afd almost as automatically as a bot sorting their categories. Guy Morris didn't just work at Leicester Sound, he was the morning DJ on their first air staff. All the information I read points to him being a historic figure in radio for this region. I still say the article needs expansion rather than deletion. Maybe there are dozens of people more notable than him that don't have articles. I'd say that's irrelevant to this discussion. To me this just means somebody should write or request those articles not that other articles should be deleted. Surely wikipedia doesn't delete articles simply because more notable articles don't exist yet. Randomgenius 22:17, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
• Merge/redirect to 96 Trent FM, without prejudice to someone creating an article with more than one line on him. Stifle 12:52, 3 February 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.