Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bernard Keane

Bernard Keane

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This article covers a former Australian public servant who now covers federal politics for the Crikey email and website. The article has no references other than his profile at Crikey, and a Google search of his name doesn't produce any references which are useful for establishing notability - all that turns up is stories he's written and single paragraph profiles of him for conferences and the like at which he's spoken. None of these references state that he's won any major awards. As such, I don't think that WP:BIO is met, particularly as this article falls under WP:BLP. Nick-D (talk) 07:40, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. —Nick-D (talk) 07:40, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

He's had 11 references in The Australian so far this year. 4 in the Daily Telegraph, a few references in Sydney Morning Herald, he's notable enough I think, even if you don't think much of Crikey these days. While he's a retired public servant, a search of Hansard shows his Crikey articles too are occasionally quoted so I think there's no need to delete this article. He's one of the more notable political journalists in Canberra, even if he's unpaid. --Brandonfarris (talk) 13:53, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stuff he's written being referred to by other journalists and politicians doesn't constitute the 'significant coverage' of Keane as a person which is needed to meet Wikipedia:Notability (people). Nick-D (talk) 09:35, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:41, 6 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Soft Delete - I just don't think it is enough. --Legis (talk - contribs) 09:09, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Notable and well-known political journalist, plenty of sources. Rebecca (talk) 13:31, 8 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]