Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Westwood

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I feel this page is mainly full of articles with no credibility. The claims are not facts, they have never been confirmed by the individual. They could all be made up as far as the public know. I think the page should either be stripped down to the facts only or deleted. Creating deletion discussion for Tim Westwood Officialmm82 (talk) 13:53, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

• Keep - There's lots of coverage down there, all there is to be done is to remove the unsourced claims. hmssolent\^{You rang?} _{ship's log} 13:59, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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Then can the unsourced claims please be removed. For example the article that backs the age & background is all speculation.

The article actual says 'according to accounts', these are obviously just been made up by the journalist as they had no confirmatino of age & background in the interview. If they did have confirmation it would have come direct from the individual the page represents. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Officialmm82 (talk • contribs) 14:05, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Any more feedback? Can we remove the speculative articles? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Officialmm82 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

• Speeedy keep Most claims in the article are sourced. Deleting an article is not the way to correct a few errors if they exist. Westwood is one of the best known radio DJs in the UK. The Daily Telegraph calls him "one of the most influential figures in hip hop this side of the Atlantic, as well as a pioneer of the UK urban scene"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4730009/Webchat-with-Tim-Westwood.html], the Independent says "For nearly 20 years he has been the undisputed figurehead of UK rap"[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tim-westwood-the-hiphop-media-mogul-6143799.html]. More refs[http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/interview-tim-westwood-rappin-with-auntie-1152787.html][http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2007/oct/03/happy50thbirthdaywestwood][http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/26/tim-westwood-forces-favourite-afghanistan][http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/16/tim-westwood-records-strip-clubs][http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/sep/28/tim-westwood-bbc-1xtra-radio-1][http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/09/urban.radio][http://www.nme.com/news/tim-westwood/11809][http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/michaeldeacon/100037357/why-the-bbc-shouldnt-sack-dj-tim-westwood-over-his-drugs-nonsense/][http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2729407/Portrait-of-a-driver-Tim-Westwood.html][http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7953073/BBC-Radio-DJ-Tim-Westwood-offered-60000-to-appear-on-Dancing-on-Ice.html][http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-matthew-bannister-and-tim-westwood-1161345.html][http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-389880/The-phoney-cynical-world-Ali-Gs-role-model-.html][http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2019786/Radio-1-DJ-Tim-Westwood-received-death-threat-texts-man-calls-fan.html]... --Colapeninsula (talk) 16:27, 23 April 2013 (UTC)
• Speedy keep. Nomination does not state a ground for deletion, and notability is obvious. Specifically addressing the nominator's expressed concern, the subject's age and background seem to be reasonably sourced; but if there are bona fide issues about certain points, those should be addressed on the article's talk page, not here at AfD.--Arxiloxos (talk) 16:45, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

Thank you for your response, very true. I'm not for one second contesting Westwood's legacy, can we keep the page but can we only keep confirmed facts. Its a fact he's done a show on Radio since 1994, its a fact he has been DJin since the mid 80's, he himself has confirmed all this. But things like his age and background are not public knowledge, all the articles speculate on these matters. How can we edit the page to remove the un-sourced claims like suggested above? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Officialmm82 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

::*As already stated above, the article's talk page is the place to raise such concerns. As you'll see there, the subject's age was discussed extensively in 2007, and the consensus at that time appears to have been that the 1957 birth year is well-supported. I would also suggest that you have a look at Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources and Wikipedia:Verifiability to better understand Wikipedia's criteria for substantiating content.--Arxiloxos (talk) 17:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

• Keep. Westwood is a well-known DJ and media personality. Whilst it might be useful to check some of the facts, there's no obvious reason to delete this article. RomanSpa (talk) 20:32, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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• Keep The man is the senior DJ on the oldest pop radio station in the UK BBCR1 and has been of considerable influence to British popular culture. To not have a page for him would be silly and it would only be remade almost instantly. DSQ (talk) 14:24, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

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