Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Thorburn

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Radio presenter of little or no notability, no awards, no coverage, recent limited local newspaper minor coverage of sacking, raising one event issues and BLP issues of a minor notable person and a locally reported minor scandal being published to a national audience through wikipedia to the detriment of the subject.. Off2riorob (talk) 16:12, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

:Delete given the lack of reliable sources. I would say that he is probably quite a well-known figure in the North East of England due to his work on Metro Radio for many years, but I agree that this is not sufficient. Vl'hurg ^talk 19:00, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 19:36, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
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19:37, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

:Keep - anybody who is in front of the public probably should be represented in Wikipedia, The repository of all information. He may not be Notable but he is probably Notorious enough that people will want to know why/where/when he came on the scene. Raymondwinn (talk) 16:57, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

• Delete - fails notability tests. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:42, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
• Delete Person of marginal notability where a lot of coverage only comes from a single negative event. Ray^Talk 21:01, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

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