Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phil Valentine

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) →Bmusician 00:27, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Phil Valentine

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• Note: This is related to two other active AfD nominations: Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Tennessee Tax Revolt and Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/An Inconsistent Truth. --Orlady (talk) 18:29, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Tennessee-related deletion discussions. Orlady (talk) 18:35, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. The article Tennessee Tax Revolt had led me to believe that this guy was the Nashville right-wing talk radio host who roused the rabble to drive around the state capitol, honking their horns incessantly, to bully the state legislature into not passing an income tax. However, it turns out that I was confusing him with Steve Gill. (Apparently, if I've seen one right-wing talk radio host, I think I've seen them all.) Accordingly, I conclude that the promoter of the Valentine articles has been trying to credit the guy with another radio host's accomplishments. No purpose in keeping the article... --Orlady (talk) 18:52, 21 May 2012 (UTC) PS - I don't live in the Nashville radio market and I've never heard either of these men on the radio; all I know about either of them comes from the news media. --Orlady (talk) 11:48, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 21:50, 21 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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• Comment Are you guys serious? This guy is a nationally syndicated talk radio host with Dial Global Radio Networks on over 110 radio stations. He is consistently listed by Talkers Magazine as one of the 100 most influential radio hosts and was chosen by Talkers as one of the most influential radio talk show hosts OF ALL TIME. Orlady (entry above) should be banned from ever contributing to Wikipedia given his/her complete bias against anyone on the right. Yes, Orlady, it WAS indeed Phil Valentine who led the TN tax revolt and who wrote a book about it called Tax Revolt (Thomas Nelson Publishers). Just because you're a liberal gives you no right to delete the article. Grow up, will you? --The Authenticator (talk) 01:39, 22 May 2012 (UTC) — The Authenticator (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]
• Delete - per MastCell. Beyond My Ken (talk) 02:02, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - See
  WP:PERNOMINATOR, where it's stated in part, "It is important to keep in mind that the AfD process is designed to solicit discussion, not votes. Comments adding nothing but a statement of support to a prior comment add little to the discussion." Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:55, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• I'd be more inclined to take your comment seriously if you hadn't !voted the opposite way below. Please take "per nom" as meaning: "Fails
  general notability guidelines. No evidence of significant, non-trivial coverage in independent, reliable sources." Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:34, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply
  ]

• Keep as crossing both the verifiability and notability thresholds as a nationally-syndicated talk show host. He is ranked at #42 in the 2012
  Los Angeles Times News Service. p. 12A. Retrieved May 22, 2012.) list both Valentine and Gill as being leaders in the Nashville radio community. - Dravecky (talk) 11:12, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Keep After Dravecky's improved refs. Has notability (though I've never heard of him, heh)Capitalismojo (talk) 18:09, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep: article is now notable due to recent addition of sources. Bravo Dravecky! – Lionel ^(talk) 22:10, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's enough to survive AfD, but the article still needs better sourcing and coverage of his actual radio career. - Dravecky (talk) 23:33, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Topic appears to pass
  WP:GNG, per: [1], [2], [3], [4]. There's also this article, which has some mentions: [5]. Northamerica1000^(talk) 14:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Delete Radio host is not notable outside of Nashville. References in the article do not comprise significant coverage and do not establish notability, so this fails
  WP:GNG. He does get a mention in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, but is not the main topic of the source material, only garnering a brief mention. Gobōnobo ^{+ c} 01:15, 24 May 2012 (UTC)[reply
  ]