Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David McKinney (journalist)

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The result was delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 04:16, 31 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

David McKinney (journalist)

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NN journalist, fails the GNG and WP:BIO. No substantive coverage in reliable sources found. Notability tagged for over a decade.

One other factor is that for reasons surpassing my understanding, this article's been a vandalism magnet for its entire history. I just stripped out a lot of arrant nonsense and garbage, down to the barest minimum supported by the valid cites, as BLP requires. I couldn't find any significant coverage of McKinney in reliable sources, but would be happy to withdraw should a sufficiency turn up. Should the article survive AfD, I strongly urge it be placed on such vandalism watch as exists. Ravenswing 19:00, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Ravenswing 19:00, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ravenswing 19:00, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 19:01, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: A Q&A piece with the subject here confirms career biographical details and he can be found quoted in role as Curriculum Head of Media at City of Glasgow College (for example here), all of which confirms the subject to have worked in areas of media and journalism, but I am seeing nothing to indicate WP:JOURNALIST notability. AllyD (talk) 14:15, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I don't deny that the fellow exists. I just haven't found anything to suggest that he's notable. Ravenswing 16:11, 24 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not even close to being a notable journalist.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:37, 28 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: there have been various bits of nonsense added to this page on multiple occasions over the period of several years and I had removed some of these a few times in recent years. At times I had looked for sources of material that might provide some independent coverage- but had only really seen the pages that AllyD highlights and a few other local stories, such as coverage of a competition for his students. He doesn't make notability when judged against WP:ACADEMICS either. Although the article was sarted back in 2007, this discussion seems worthy of a ping to @GMc: who is still active here. Drchriswilliams (talk) 14:16, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:SIGCOV. Two sources, one of which is questionable, does not make significant coverage. Bearian (talk) 16:05, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I agree with the arguments raised above and have been unable to find anything that would suggest the subject meets notability requirements. Dunarc (talk) 19:31, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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