Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Gossage

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The result was Nomination withdrawn in light of article improvement.. LibStar (talk) 08:18, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Tim Gossage

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an unremarkable sports commentator/broadcaster who fails WP:CREATIVE and WP:BIO. most of the coverage merely confirms his role [1] or refers to namesakes in USA. LibStar (talk) 09:12, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —Jenks24 (talk) 14:56, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Clearly notable as a host of show, sport newsreader and director of sport on a major TV network plus the radio host, commentary and other media, MC and hosting work. Not everything is googleable.The-Pope (talk) 15:03, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

could you please provide significant third party coverage that demonstrates "clearly notable". Working for a major TV network does not guarantee notability. LibStar (talk) 22:16, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Reply It has only been there since July 2009. Do non-notable people have articles written about their injuries in major online newspapers? There would be plenty more profile-style pieces from WA newspapers that aren't online. You should know by now not to solely rely on ghits. This isn't a weekend fill-in reporter for the past 6 months, it's 20 years and major positions. The-Pope (talk) 02:06, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

people injured in major crashes gets reported all the time. That does not add notability. I fail to see significant coverage of this individual and you have failed to provide evidence of this. LibStar (talk) 02:15, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep note:Due to the easter weekend and ANZAC day overlap sources off line arent accessible until after the 27 April, I've added some additional online sources including an IMDb reference, though thats has limited detail. Multiple media outlets reported his fall 2009, a specialist racing media outlet Perth Turf Talk report his departure from racing radio(sources in the article) in 2010. The article does need some copyediting to bring it upto date as the article is basicly as written in 2007, with some recent events tacked on. Gnan garra 02:28, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Gossage is a well known media identity in Western Australia and host of one of the more popular football shows on television. Gven the multiple external refs from the Australian press, this would suggest a keep. I also agree it needs copyediting and needs to be updated. Hughesdarren (talk) 03:30, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Unfortunately it seems that WA newspapers do not have online archives (at least not ones available to the general public. That said, do non-notable people have articles like this [2] [3] [4] on them in newspapers in The Age, a major paper on the other side of the country? I wouldn't think so and, combined with the refs in the article and the large likelihood of offline refs, I think it shows that Gossage is a notable media personality, especially in WA. Jenks24 (talk) 07:14, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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