Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pommy Johnson

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The result was no consensus, leaning towards keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 09:25, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pommy Johnson

Only claim to notability is Maruie Awards comedian of the year 2002, if that counts for anything? A google search suggests that most of very few references to it are people saying they've won some flavour of it. Anyway, over to you. Ben Aveling 02:31, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete Nope, it doesn't. Sorry, Pommy. Imban 02:38, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. P.B. Pilhet / Talk 02:51, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment It would be useful to have an actual Australian confirm whether this guy is notable or not (instead of us foreigners deciding one way or the other based on Google hits or some such). The Maurie Awards are the main Australian comedy awards. --Charlene 04:41, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Neutral   I'm very tempted to vote delete but per Charlene I don't feel qualified to judge of what cultural importance the Maurie Awards are... an Australian's input would be interesting... _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 09:29, 22 October 2006 (UTC) I'm going to change to weak keep for now, per Longhair's reasoning (below) _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 07:42, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Not enough notability. Edeans 10:34, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I am Australian. I've never heard of him, or of the Maurie awards. While I'm sure that there are notable Australian comedians I've never heard of, I suspect Pommy Johnson is not one of them. I've added this debate to Wikipedia:Australian Wikipedians' notice board, we'll see if anyone else knows more than I do. Regards, Ben Aveling 11:22, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletions. -- Longhair\^talk 11:19, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep -- I'd never heard of him before this AfD, but he does appear to be a notable comedian who toured during the 1990s. He has released at least one DVD of his live works [1] and also starred in a 1991 anti-smoking television commercial for the Quit campaign [2]. -- Longhair^talk 11:24, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete for now. Need some more evidence of notability.UberCryxic 20:07, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I'm surprised more people haven't heard of him. I think he's based in the UK now, but was in his prime about ten years ago. Hasn't really had much TV exposure apart from the Quit ads, but pretty big on the Australian and UK stand-up circuits. I've never heard of the Maurie Awards though (named after Maurie Fields I presume). --Canley 23:53, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Per Longhair. Cnwb 00:12, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep A Google News Archive indicates that he is a working comedian with tours and a DVD to his credit. [3] He also seems to have played shows in the UK. The Maurie Awards appear to have been held at the Comics Lounge in Melbourne see [4] although the website is no longer working.Capitalistroadster 02:45, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• PS A Melbourne Age article from 2002 confirms that they are named after Maurie Fields with a full name of the Maurie Awards for Comedy Excellence. They were decided by public vote on the website. [Age, The (Melbourne); 15/03/2002 via EBBSCO's Australia and New Zealand Database. Capitalistroadster 02:50, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• keep please per canley and also longhair the comedian is notable meets bio Yuckfoo 02:13, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

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