Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Lamont

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 keep.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 05:30, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dave Lamont

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Non-notable radio personality. Hemlock Martinis (talk) 20:39, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete - The references are completely ill-advised, also fails notability. Dwilso 21:10, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 00:10, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Morning show host on an influential and well-rated radio station in a major U.S. market. I do suggest cleanup work on the article, however. --InDeBiz1 (talk) 00:15, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep as Lamont is subject of significant secondary coverage from 15+ years of reliable sources (check out this Google News search) in his roles as a radio host and a sports commentator. The article needs significant reworking but notability and verifiability are not valid concerns with this subject. - Dravecky (talk) 00:35, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete article fails to establish why this radio personality is notable. There are 10's of thousands of DJs, thousands of "voice of _____ University football", they aren't all notable.--Rtphokie (talk) 00:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Comment Read the article again. It's in the lead that this subject is the morning host on a major radio station in a major U.S. market (Miami). --InDeBiz1 (talk) 01:09, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Comment His employeer is notable, that doesn't make him notable. Notability of people and organizations are judged differently. WP:BIO inisists on significant coverage in 3rd party sources. This article lacks that.--Rtphokie (talk) 01:39, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. Local host on a Miami AM station, no broader claim to notability. At best he rates a one sentence mention in the WIOD article. KleenupKrew (talk) 11:26, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• Delete unless evidence emerges that he's notable per WP:BIO. Jakew (talk) 23:15, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep. I can't understand how people are still claiming non-notability after Dravecky has presented very clear evidence that he is notable per WP:BIO. Why do you want evidence to "emerge" when it's already right there in front of you? Have you actually looked through those search results, which include many articles from the Miami Herald which are about the subject, not just passing mentions? Phil Bridger (talk) 07:32, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep As noted, article needs work, but here are tons of sources that demonstrate his notability. Claiming to be a host in a major market is sufficient for a claim of notability, and the sources prove it. Nyttend (talk) 13:24, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep: Sorry, but WP:BIO is trumped by WP:V. There are plainly indepth, reliable articles about the subject, not merely mentioning him in passing. That's the fundamental inclusion criterion.  RGTraynor  16:29, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
• Keep, cleanup, and restructure current article actually downplays his notability as his work for ESPN and his Associated Press awards are barely mentioned. B.Wind (talk) 04:55, 8 May 2008 (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.