Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adil Ray

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. - Mailer Diablo 11:15, 29 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adil Ray

Found while patrolling canidates for speedy deletion. The given reason was: VANDALISM - Poorly Maintained Artical, unwanted. Speedy concern: Poorly Maintained Artical, unwanted. (Please note it was tagged by an anon IP, and there is some interesting history in recent days). —— Eagle101^{Need help?} 21:22, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete no evidence of substantial external coverage, article has been edited by subject a fair bit. Guy (Help!) 21:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 16:20, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - national presenter on both TV & Radio. - fchd 20:23, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep the chap is a presenter on BBC Asian Network [1] with numerous ghits. He is dubbed "one of the network's leading presenters" here [2]. Mmoneypenny 20:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - There seems to be some small time notability here, just straddles the line. The prod was by another user which I didn't analyze, but a CSD by an anon IP I tend to think of as bad faith - I have no time to look closer right this second though. Eagle did the right thing and brought it here accordingly, so good on him. I'll look closer to see what's up. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 22:56, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong/speedy keep. The AfD was put up by an anon user with no other information than that this was a "poorly maintained artical" [sic]. I suspect bad faith on the part of the anon, but I can't figure out if this was to prove a point. Other notes: Another user had prodded the article (rightfully), it was de-prodded (rightfully there), re-speedied (see the nom) and de-speedied by Eagle 101. Notability concerns remain, but as per my comment above, Adil seems to straddle the line, so I'd like to let the article stand. If there's COI as Guy points out, that'll probably work itself out. At any rate, the whole point of this AfD seems to have been procedural, but I honestly see no need for there to be an AFD here. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 23:20, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. National radio & TV presenter. Still presenting the Adil Ray Show on BBC Asian Network which is a UK national BBC Radio Station and on things like Desi DNA which is a regular programme on BBC2 which is one of the UK's main national TV channels. As for vandalism, if vandalism was a reason for deleting articles then that would be the end of the ones on Tony Blair and George Bush and other such people. As for being edited by the subject, it has been edited by someone using his name - I have no idea whether it was the subject or not. Indeed if someone is notable, I don't see it would be any different from anyone else provided they provided sources of information in the same way as other people and didn't include an opinion.--Lord of the Isles 00:47, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep If there are COI or maintenance concerns about the article then they should be discussed on its talk page. Here we are only interested in whether or not the subject is notable, and since he is unquestionably a presenter on national television and radio in the UK, that is a foregone conclusion. A1octopus 15:26, 25 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Subject meets WP:BIO as a notable British radio and television presenter. Yamaguchi先生 07:25, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. Why are pages like this have to be deleted when you got articles on Railway Stations on every single station in the UK :S. Plus Adil is one of the main faces of the BBC Asian Network and also appears in BBC shows such as Heaven & Earth, Desi DNA. User:Adz2227 17:55, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.