Deletion of Doug Smith (author, columnist)

Comment: no independent attribution of notability in article or found during search. Purely  figure. (Not even the best known Doug Smith (basketball)|Doug Smith connected to the http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3108528 Quad Cities, either
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Places of local interest (WP:LOCAL)

Comment: A guy who writes for his local paper in a small town is not a notable author and ''never'' will be unless he does something truly major, which so far, according to this bio, has never been in the cards for the guy.  I mean, he's never even published a book with a major press, right?  And there are certainly no  ''about'' him!  I say we get rid of this thing
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)