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Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
Featured article FA 10 15 33 43 46 147
Featured list FL 3 3 6
A-Class article A 1 1 2
GA 8 31 47 153 151 390
B 31 120 319 498 8 1,094 2,070
C 27 167 566 1,873 8 4,482 7,123
Start 98 1,287 13,230 138 30,666 45,419
Stub 22 456 10,550 647 41,557 53,232
List 3 1 132 141 277
Book 21 21
Category 895 895
Disambig 14 14
File 54 54
Redirect 98 290 388
Template 1 45 46
NA 3 3
Other 1 17 56 1 75
Assessed 76 456 2,714 26,598 2,179 78,139 110,162
Unassessed 6 195 201
Total 76 456 2,714 26,604 2,179 78,334 110,363
WikiWork factors (?) ω = 569,957 Ω = 5.38


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  1. come help with the Bronwen Mantel article Smith Jones 22:16, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
  2. Lovelaughterlife (talk · contribs) Worked extensively on some biographies; reverted vandalism some others
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  12. EraserGirl (talk) 03:43, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
  13. Shruti14 (talk · contribs) will help when I can
  14. Jubileeclipman (talk · contribs) I am interested in taking on UK celebrities with articles that are stubs or otherwise non-standard. Entirely rewrote Fearne Cotton to raise standard and remove fansite tag. I am working on Holly Willoughby which was merely a list plus trivia. Will also work on musicians, all genre, living or dead.
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InkthisEdit

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This article was created in 2007 by a COI editor and deleted as promotional. It then seems to have been recreated. According to the exhibition’s own website it only ran three times, and while there are a few pieces of coverage it does not look to me like sustained coverage and I’m not sure about the independence of all the sources. Overall I don’t think the topic is notable. Mccapra (talk) 05:43, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

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Tatiana BadaninaEdit

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Likely fails WP:NBIO. A resume like article with some claims that are hard to verify; same creator at for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vladimir Nasedkin (2nd nomination), where an editor (User:Netherzone) already noted a failure to verify some assertions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 06:14, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

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  • Keep I hope you don't mind me saying this Piotrus, I think you're being overly trigger-happy in nominating stuff for AFD. This artist was profiled in a long article on Isvestia (a Russian WP:NEWSORG, was covered in Taday (another newsorg), and on UGRA-NEWS (another newsorg). Passes WP:BASIC.FOARP (talk) 07:44, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
    • @FOARP: I certainly don't mind anyone who makes a valid argument, and if you show me I was wrong, I am happy to withdraw my nom or reconsider my vote. I don't read Russian, which limits my searchers, but using machine translation I can review sources presnted. [1] calls them both world-famous, but other than that it's a WP:INTERVIEW. [2] devotes a single paragraph to each (as well as to a number of other artists who took part in this event). [3] sadly refuses to work for me with GTransalte, but it seems to be another interview. I don't think this is sufficient for me to withdraw this, as interviews and mentions in passing are IMHO not sufficient, but it is a start. Feel free to comment in the other linked AfD, particularly if you can help find more Russian language sources. What I'd love to find to convince me to keep them would be an in-depth article about their life and career, instead of just a brief note about one of their note in some exhibition or interviews (which per linked essay are problematic as a source). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:10, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Nothing in the first ref states or would lead you reasonably to conclude that it's an interview - briefly quoting the artist does not make it so as it also includes a lot of description of the artist's work written by the author of the article. Regarding the second ref., a paragraph can still be WP:SIGCOV so long as includes detail and in this case, it does. Regarding the third, the introductory section is clearly not interview content and substantiates notability. WP:BASIC is met. Finally, I note this is one of ~30 articles that you have nom'd for deletion in the last ~24-48 hours. FOARP (talk) 11:04, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
PS - I also note from a very quick search on GScholar that the artist appears to have been the subject of a substantial piece in the Chiba University Humanities and Social Sciences Research Journal. FOARP (talk) 11:12, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Keep I have to agree this is a bit quick on the trigger and should be withdrawn. Assuming the museum collection claims are true, the bar of WP:ARTIST 4d is very clearly met with many museum collections. @Piotrus: it would be good to withdraw this as it needs cleanup, not deletion.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 14:19, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
I clearly am right: the museum collections make her notable. If you want to do TNT, then cut the article down. Don't nominate it for AFD, as you know it is not meant a cleanup process. There is significant good material in the article that could be cleaned up in ten minutes.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 14:36, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Keep Comment- Two several collections checked out to be verifiable. I don't have time this morning to check the others, nor the shows. It's problematic that the sourcing is so poor, as she might in fact be notable as she is indeed notable. Nevertheless, the article is a resumé and there is a COI and needs significant improvement. Netherzone (talk) 14:24, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
What's the COI? FOARP (talk) 14:46, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
Both she and her husband, who edits as Владимир Наседкин (which translates to exactly his name) have worked on the page, and the page creator (a SPA) is most likely COI as they created both she and her husbands articles in the same unsourced resumé style. However, I do think her article should be kept and improved rather than WP:TNTing it. Netherzone (talk) 14:56, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Weak delete. Perhaps a legitimate page could be written, but that one was clearly written as an advertisement and created by an account with obvious WP:COI. My very best wishes (talk) 04:54, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
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  • Keep, meets WP:NARTIST, works held in several notable galleries/museums as brought out above. ps. any WP:COI issues can be resolved with relevant notications/tags/cleanup editing. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:15, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Herald / HarbingerEdit

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Article about a public artwork, not reliably sourced to any evidence of its notability. Two of the four "sources" here are the artist's own self-published promotional video about the unveiling of his own work, a third is its directory entry on the self-published website of the property management company that commissioned it, and a fourth is just a photograph of it -- which means zero of them represent reliable source coverage about it. As always, every piece of artwork that exists in the world is not automatically guaranteed a Wikipedia article -- it has to be the subject of enough reliable source coverage to clear GNG. This was also created by an editor with a probable WP:COI, as their only contributions to Wikipedia have all involved this artist and his work. Bearcat (talk) 02:24, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

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  • Keep, in the weak to medium range. This has not been open long, but I found three decent sources on it. I have the sense that we should keep it as it is a permanent installation and will likely generate more sources, given those already published during its short tenure. I know, not a perfect argument, but I have a sense. And the new sources I added are not terrible. Article does need cleanup, and I did notice a COI tag. Despite that, the work seems notable, in the weak to medium range. ThatMontrealIP (talk) 04:36, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
Update: the Tourism and Heritage Journal devotes 904 words to the piece, in the article linked here. Along with the three independent RS of middling quality that I added, I think this is a clearer keep.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 05:00, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Keep or merge with [[Ben Rubin (artist) - The scholarly journal essay mentioned above was the tipping point, as the artwork has received news and critical attention, and is also the subject of an in-depth analysis. It is true that the article was created by an SPA with a definite COI, which is problematic. However, the work has cultural merit, and is a permanent work of public art. I found another source from the Center for Data Art, but because it was written by the article creator (the SPA/COI), I did not add it to the article. It's a shaky keep, but a keep nevertheless. Netherzone (talk) 12:55, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete The apparent conflict of interest by Surabhinaik07 is troubling. A clarification would be most welcome. Then again, a conflict of interest by the creator of the article is not a reason for deletion. I think it's too soon to have an article about an artwork when it is not clear that significant coverage is sustained over a longer period of time. I see no evidence that the work has had a significant impact, has been cited as particularly influential or innovative. The reporting is too much of a single event. If it had been a work by a single artist, I would have suggested to merge it into an existing article, but there is no suitable target. I see no alternatives to deletion. Vexations (talk) 13:45, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Comment and Question I'm just popping in to this, and I'm confused as to what is the history here. Specifically, why did Surabhinaik07 create a new page, and request the deletion of the old page, rather than just rename. On some level that is not material here, as it relates to a different page, but at the same time it does, as it is part of questions about COI. I really would like to be able to see what the original Rubin page looked like prior to its deletion, and the loss of that history is exactly why it shouldn't have been deleted, but rather renamed (e.g. moved). That said, it seems like the Rubin page is pretty small, and is missing any discussion of Works which seems to me that an article of this length actually deserves to be placed there, rather than in its own page. If any of his works deserves its own page, it is Listening Post (Artwork). [[4]], [[5]], [[6]], [[7]] etc. --Theredproject (talk) 14:49, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
I am not so worried abotu the COI as they (Rubin, Thorp, the artwork, and also Listening Post) are all notable to a degree. I've created Listening Post (artwork). ThatMontrealIP (talk) 15:22, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
I am slightly worried that the user has ignored COI queries on their usertalk page. Surely editors are expected to respond to such queries. In other news, the cut and paste move is fixed and the history merged. – filelakeshoe (t / c) 🐱 11:55, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
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The result was keep. Additional reference discovered. (non-admin closure) scope_creepTalk 18:18, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Danielle Younge-UllmanEdit

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Non-notable writer. Fails WP:AUTHOR, WP:BIO and WP:SIGCOV. scope_creepTalk 15:12, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

  • Keep I'm the author of the article and here's why it should be kept: She does not fail WP:AUTHOR as one of her books was a finalist for the 2017 Governor General Literary Award and therefore qualifies under criteria #3. She's also a notable person, as independant reliable sources give her coverage. I can dig through newspapers and add more, which was part of the reason I originally had the article in draft space (as I planned to improve it). I was busy, and do other stuff on-wiki in the meantime. Yesterday, the draft was deleted under G13 as abandoned, and I submitted a WP:REFUND request to contunie working on it. I moved it to mainspace to prevent it from being deleted again under G13 if I got busy again, as I'm a grade 12 student and I might not be as active on Wikipedia for periods of time because of my obligations as a student. Clovermoss (talk) 15:23, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
scope_creep No wikiprojects have been notified of this discussion. Would it be okay if WP:Canada and WP:Women in Red were notified of this AfD? Clovermoss (talk) 15:55, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Hi @Clovermoss: Of course!!. The process will add all interested groups in shortly anyway. Hope that helps.scope_creepTalk 16:23, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
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  • Keep – The author was interviewed by CBC, Canada's national public broadcaster for radio and TV [8]. The author also was interviewed by the Toronto Star (Canada's highest-circulation newspaper) for a story about the house she lives in [9]. Her book, Everything Beautiful is Not Ruined won the White Pine Award, a national Canadian award. [10] The book was reviewed by The Globe and Mail [11], Teen Vogue [12], and others. CBC named it one of the best Canadian YA/children's books of 2017 [13] and one of 150 books on "The great Canadian reading list" [14]. Another book, Falling Under was reviewed by Good Housekeeping [15]. She passes the WP:NBIO/WP:NAUTHOR bar for me. – Levivich 17:26, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
  • 'Comment I notice one of her books has been reviewed by the Guardian, and the Telegraph. So that is a sold keep. Withdrawn. scope_creepTalk 18:17, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
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The result was Speedy close as the move back to mainspace was an end-run around the previous AfD that just closed a few days ago. Please do not move the draft back into mainspace without addressing the issues raised at the previous AfD. -- RoySmith (talk) 15:53, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

Prabal Kumar BasuEdit

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was draftified by discussion on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Prabal Kumar Basu and then was immediately moved back into the mainspace without any changes 10 days later. no refs added since the so still fails WP:POET as per the deletion discussion. It seems the creator of this article has no intention of improving the article, just pushing it back into the mainspace. CodeLyokobuzz 14:48, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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@RoySmith: pinging RoySmith as the closer of the last deletion discussion. CodeLyokobuzz 14:52, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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Cliff SchecterEdit

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This article was created in 2010 with no sources[16] and remains basically unchanged today, although sources have been added for part of the article. While the subject may be notable, it is better to Wikipedia:Blow it up and start over and allow someone to re-write it based on reliable sources. In the meantime, we cannot allow a BLP that is unsourced. Note that while there are lots of google hits, they go to articles by this journalist, rather than about him. TFD (talk) 04:58, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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I PRODed this bio stub. Another editor deprodded it after adding a reference. However the ref added only includes a passing mention of the subject, and the biographical details in the article remain unsourced. The subject was the author of multiple books but I don’t see that he is clearly notable. Mccapra (talk) 04:51, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

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  • Delete unable to find any indication of notability. Fails WP:BASIC, WP:ANYBIO, WP:AUTHOR, WP:NHORSERACING, and WP:NEQUESTRIAN. Steve Quinn (talk) 06:34, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete Fails as per nom. Barca (talk) 01:32, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
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Iman AbouhamzehEdit

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A BLP with no direct sources. Also, it's an orphan. The only things preventing a PROD are the external links, none of which seems to establish the notability of the subject. From an internet search, neither the subject nor his New York Festivals award is notable under WP:GNG. Similarly, this subject does not meet WP:NACTOR and WP:NMUSIC, which I checked just in case. William2001(talk) 11:38, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

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  • Speedy Delete non-notable podcast creator. Fails WP:GNG. Farhikht (talk) 13:17, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Comment can’t find any reliable sources in Persian, his native language:
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Zoe AnsariEdit

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Not seeing any notability. Slatersteven (talk) 14:33, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

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This Article on Zoe Ansari, is an important addition to Wikipedia. I will highly appreciate if you give me some time to complete this article. This article should not be deleted. Kindly read the Progressive Writer's movement page. His name was already there but no page linking to it. He was a great writer and translator. It is because of him the south Asian community got a better introduction with Russian literature and Literary criticism. Thanks in anticipation. Khadem Hussain, India. (talk) 14:42, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

We need some RS saying all this, I found none.Slatersteven (talk) 14:45, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't understand. Kindly elaborate. What's RS? Khadem Hussain, India. (talk) 14:48, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

reliable sources, please read wp:rs. Also wp:n should be read.Slatersteven (talk) 14:56, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Mahmoud MansiEdit

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This article does not show how the individual meets criteria of WP:GNG or WP:BIO. It's basically a resume; nearly all of the references are from his own magazine or things that he has written. I can't find any reliable sources that are about him, rather he is mentioned as an attendee or presenter at a conference for example, or quoted in some other periodical that is of unclear notability. He seems to be very prolific but that in itself does not make the subject notable for Wikipedia purposes. ... discospinster talk 19:19, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

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Yew Kam KeongEdit

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Fails WP:BIO and WP:SIGCOV. Notability tag has been present since August 2013 and never been removed. Some minor coverage. scope_creepTalk 12:40, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Keep. I found this in-depth article on him in Malaysia's The Star newspaper. In addition, 31 search results at Google scholar. And when you read the article, it is apparent he is a man of accomplishment. For example, he is officially acknowledged as Distinguished Talent on Creativity & Innovation by the Australian government in 2007.[17] Knox490 (talk) 02:34, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
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  • Comment That was the minor coverage I mentioned. The Google scholar citation counts are too low to be meaningful. I have not seen an h-index but suspect it will be very low as well and won't establish notability scope_creepTalk 11:09, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Comment: a "distinguished talent visa" is not an accomplishment or an award, it is a class of visa the government offers. I can't see how it can establish notability, even if were able to be verified, which it currently is not. Melcous (talk) 23:48, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete: there is one seemingly WP:RS (noted above) but nearly ever other link in the references of current article is dead, won't open for me, does not mention him, or mentions him in passing. Most of the content is not verifiable. It seems like a puff piece and notability is not clear. There might be a claim to notability based on book authorship See World Cat, although these may be self or vanity published? and don't appear to meet the criteria at WP:NAUTHOR. Melcous (talk) 23:59, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Comment also noting that this was a paid article created on behalf of the subject, which I overlooked as it wasn't disclosed anywhere on this article's talk page or in edit summaries. Melcous (talk) 00:02, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete. The section on Yew Kam Keong#Books in the article on Yew Kam Keong seems to contain texts that are self-published (feel free to strike this if I am wrong about it though). Additionally, none of the sources in the Yew Kam Keong#References besides The Star [18] meet WP:RELIABILITY. The article in the Sarawak Tribune that is cited is dead [19] and others such as Mindbloom are not notable. [20] Bmbaker88 (talk) 02:35, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

David StoppsEdit

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Lots of detail, very little indication of notability for this businessman / promoter / club owner. If someone could point out to me any of the sources provided on the page that would pass as independent and in-depth coverage of the man himself, I'd be obliged. There seems to be a spirited attempt to base notability on connection to the Statue of David Bowie, but all I can here see is passing mentions. Nothing here seems add up to a BLP threshold (unless being an Honorary Freeman of Aylesbury is worth major kudos). Elmidae (talk · contribs) 22:15, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

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Mohammed EezaEdit

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This is an article about a non notable person. Fails WP:GNG. Kutyava (talk) 00:03, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

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Daniel DickinEdit

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Individual is no longer a public figure/does not appear to have a public profile. He appears to have been a journalist for a former publication and hasn't been published in another for several years. Gentek16 (talk) 23:33, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

  • Delete The rationale provided by the nominator is not valid but in any case the article is sourced to the subject’s own website except for a single event in 2013 so on the basis of WP:BLP1E I think deletion is appropriate. Mccapra (talk) 04:11, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
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  • Delete. Nothing stated in the article hands him an "inherent" notability freebie — writers are not automatically guaranteed Wikipedia articles just because their writing exists — but the article is not reliably sourced anywhere near well enough to actually get him over WP:GNG. Bearcat (talk) 18:19, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete I can't find sources for notability. Barca (talk) 01:08, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete There just isn't a lot of press about the subject that isn't merely a passing mention (or just an article he wrote himself). Gargleafg (talk) 01:53, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete per WP:SNOW. I hate to pile on, but ... Journalists do not automatically inherit notability from the publications that publish them or about whom they cover. Coverage is local to Ottawa, or his own website. Bearian (talk) 22:30, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Nur Nasreen IbrahimEdit

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Article about a person who does satisfy WP:AUTHOR or WP:GNG working for a show which has won awards does not make them notable. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 23:19, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

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Kulsoom LakhaniEdit

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Article about an author Entrepreneur who does not seem to meet WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR all references are simply directory listings. McMatter (talk)/(contrib) 23:15, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

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Ruby HamadEdit

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This page was nominated at the subject's request. Ruby Hamad is a "not particularly well-known" journalist in Australia. She expressed to me (via Facebook) that she believes the page was created purely as a form of trolling, and the history of the page does indicate a lot of unsourced negative commentary (since removed). My own research does tend to support the idea that she is not sufficiently notable to have her own page. Most of the references are to the journalist's own work and not to any 3rd party source. Manning (talk) 10:41, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

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Which of the criteria in Wikipedia:AUTHOR do you feel she meets? I can't see any mention of that book at all on her wikipedia page which seems like a strange omission given how much reading must have been done for the personal life section, now heavily cut down. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daneark (talk • contribs) 17:08, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
The bit about the authors work getting critical attention. duffbeerforme (talk) 22:52, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

Delete. The subject of the article, as an articulate and forthright woman of Syrian origins, has been subjected to a series of relentless on line attacks of which this article was one. It is not research, it is a form of cyberstalking that does nothing for wikipedias reputation. She wants it gone. PierreABCD (talk) 11:32, 16 October 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PierreABCD (talk • contribs) 09:47, 16 October 2019 (UTC) — PierreABCD (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

  • Delete. I'd never heard of Ruby (and I'm Australian). Nothing in the page indicates she meets WP:NOTE. Cabrils (talk) 05:44, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
OK user:Cabrils, so you've commented purely on what's currently in the article. How about now consider what is not currently there. Such as her book and the coverage that has generated such as the above provided links. I suggest that as we should be looking at the notability of the subject and not just the current state of the article which can be changed. duffbeerforme (talk) 12:40, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
@Duffbeerforme: Duff, I respect your voluminous and significant contributions here. I accept that there has been coverage of her book. I conducted a search via ProQuest for news articles in Australia and New Zealand which returned 79 results, many of which were short articles she had authored or were extremely short, insignificant passing mentions, IMHO failing WP:RS. I have often tried to save pages from deletion by way of WP:HEY but in this case I admit to being less inclined to do so because of Manning's explanation, which is convincing. In any event, as I said, a ProQuest search did not return any results I felt comfotable adding as relevant citations. Cabrils (talk) 01:35, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete This page does not meet the notability criteria set out in Wikipedia:BASIC or Wikipedia:AUTHOR nor has her book has not been reviewed by any serious publication aside indie-blogs. Furthermore, links on this page lead to non-Wikipedia articles written by Ruby Hamad herself. However, her requests that she 'wants this page gone' should not influence this discussion as Ruby has attracted criticism through her own actions by making inflammatory claims with articles such as 'white women use strategic tears to silence women of colour'. Like any other individual online, she should not be free from being criticised for her words or actions, especially if they are intended to cause controversy. User:PierreABCD's comment that she is 'an articulate and forthright woman of Syrian origins' shows clear favoritism bias and holds no relevance to this discussion.

Deneen BorelliEdit

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Lack of remotely any WP:JOURNALIST notability or WP:NRV third party source demonstrating consistent, sustained, substantial notability for a journalist. - 2601:5C2:4380:6380:FDCD:863B:69D2:EBF1 (talk) 23:32, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

  • Comment Completing nomination on behalf of IP editor. Above text is copied from article talk page. I have no opinion on the nomination at this time. --Finngall talk 16:00, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
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John CrippenEdit

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Bio of a photographer of doubtful notability. The books are self-published. The article has seen a sustained effort by one editor to cram in external links, suggesting that the purpose of the page may have been promotional. Mccapra (talk) 05:27, 13 October 2019 (UTC)

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Nail Hearts ClipEdit

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Fails WP:NBOOK and WP:GNG. No coverage at all except for writeups on university website. Rogermx (talk) 19:33, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

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  • Delete. I can't find anything either. Haukur (talk) 12:12, 18 October 2019 (UTC)
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David AbioyeEdit

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Asserts no notability, reads like a promotion, at least two sources ( vangaurdgr.com and dailypostng ) appear to be tabloids with vanguardgr.com showing no editorial board whatsoever. Necromonger...We keep what we kill 15:12, 11 October 2019 (UTC)

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  • Delete. Google search results of him doesn't show him being discussed in reliable sources independent of him. The sources cited in the article are primary sources. @Wekeepwhatwekill: Contrary to what you think, Vanguard is not a tabloid source. It is one of Nigeria's biggest newspapers.  Versace1608  Wanna Talk? 02:46, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Keep as has coverage in reliable sources such as The Vanguard and Daily Post and the precedent is that Wikioedia normally includes Bishops of major denominations and this domination has bases in 65 countries, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 16:51, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep: I am of the opinion that all founders of major churches with more than 10k followership and multiple branch locations, is a strong claim of notability, however that is not exactly the case here, Abioye is not the founder of Winners Chapel. However being one of only 3 bishops in the second largest pentecostal church in Nigeria seem like an equal (maybe higher) office to Anglican/Catholic bishops. The fact that newspaper sources also exist covering him make me move from neutral to weak keep. If there was an article on Goshen City (the Christian community where the Abuja church is located) I would have suggested a redirect to it. HandsomeBoy (talk) 11:12, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
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Krant M. L. VermaEdit

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Fails WP:GNG , WP:NAUTHOR as well as WP:ANYBIO.

Of dubious credentials; see this RSN thread. ∯WBGconverse 11:54, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

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Yivsam AzgadEdit

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not meet wp:notability Saff V. (talk) 06:08, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

  • Support most(if not all) of the sources are primary sources. Doesn't meet general notability guidelines and academic notability guidelines. Also there are a lot unreliable sources like Wikipedia in Hebrew. That's not a reliable source.--SharabSalam (talk) 06:47, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
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  • Delete The article reads like a CV, and combined with the image, looks highly suspect in terms of WP:COI. Number 57 20:56, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
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Yivsam Azgad is a well-known art curator, science fiction author, eminent journalist and spokesperson of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He already has a Wikipedia page in Hebrew, which is well supported with links to reliable references and meets the Wikipedia guidelines. The article in English has been created in consultation with the above-mentioned article in Hebrew and with the references provided within the same. However, this article needs to be amended with regard to the references attached, which can be fixed via editing. The grounds on which this article has been opened to discussion for deletion is unclear to me and it seems a bit biased and suspicious, given that Yivsam Azgad has given a lot of service to Arts, Science, and Journalism including many science-based socio-cultural initiatives which are recognized worldwide and thus deserves a Wikipedia page in English.Q936 (talk) 20:13, 9 October 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.:,@Number 57: I have edited the page, corrected the references and introduced sections. The article is objective with reliable links and references and as such meet Wikipedia's guidelines. - More references will be added soon. Q936 (talk) 21:30, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.:,@Number 57: The page has been edited. It is no longer reads like a CV. Also, a new image has been uploaded.Q936 (talk) 21:44, 14 October 2019 (UTC)

@Saff V.:,@Number 57: Please have a look at the Wikipedia pages: Nano Comics and Science on Tap.

  • Yivsam Azgad is the editor of Nano Comics (a comic series in English, Arabic, and Hebrew) and he is the one who initiated and responsible for the social-cultural Science on Tap.
  • Israeli author: He is also a well known Israeli author (see his list of publications).
  • Israeli curator (including science-art): Yivsam Azgad has also been exploring the concept of combining art and science: displaying contemporary Art exhibition in research spaces at the Weizmann Institute and exhibiting scientific images in art spaces in Tel Aviv and elsewhere (see: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/Arts/en/home).

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Q936, Thanks for your efforts, the main issue of the article is lack of notability, unfortunately, sources which were added by you are not enough to confirm his notability for instance, this one is self-published source. It is better to let to know other users' votes instead of calling me.Saff V. (talk) 07:39, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Not to Delete - Yivsam Azgad NOTABILITY:

To confirm notability, here is a link from the Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature, The Ohio State University: [1] Thanks Q936 (talk) 11:52, 16 October 2019 (UTC)

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  • Vote for no deletion There should be hardly a question of notability here because Yivsam Azgad, as mentioned by user Q936, is a well-known journalist, writer, and art curator. He is the brain behind Science on Tap, which has been a great success in Israel and highly recognized worldwide. He is the creator of Nano Comics which is published in English, Arabic and Hebrew and is highly popular amongst children. Besides that, sources referred to confirm his notability are well established, for example, the article in Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature, The Ohio State University which is bagged only by outstanding individuals in literature in Hebrew and journalism. 0587 (talk) 22:33, 16 October 2019 (UTC)— 8570w (talk • contribs) is a confirmed sock puppet of Q936 (talk • contribs).
  • Delete per WP:BIO. There is no evidence of notability through independent coverage. The whole page is like a CV with primary sources appended for every single thing he's done. Plenty of writers and academics produce large bodies of work, but Wikipedia demands that notability be proved through non-primary sources speaking about the subject exclusively, or interviewing him, or discussing his accomplishments. The Hebrew Wikipedia article is no indicator of notability either, being as it is littered with primary sources affirming every single thing he's done, and produced by the same editor as here. Please read WP:BASIC: People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject. That is not the case here. Yoninah (talk) 23:29, 16 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete - fails to meet notability and overly reliant on primary sources. --mikeu talk 20:07, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete - while at first glance the references look good, a deeper dive reveals a Hebrew Wikipedia article, random web pages for places and organizations tangentially related to the subject, and self-edited websites. There's no way to verify any of the information about the person. I have been to several World Cons, and won an award for most humorous costume at a regional SF con. He's unknown as a science fiction writer in North America. The page from OSU is a staff-written page; anybody who works in academia knows they're essentially self-published. If it were one of several sources, that would be fine, but as the only source, and in Hebrew, no. Bearian (talk) 01:48, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

John JackmanEdit

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The wiki has almost no sources at all. It seems to be written by the subject, as many of the contributions seem to be done the subject himself, with a couple of usernames, including JJackman. This is not neutral writing. The lack of sources in this article, and the lack of notability for the subject make it seem unimportant and not actually viable for a Wikipedia article. Nathan Love (talk) 18:58, 2 October 2019 (UTC)

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  • Keep his books are held in over 2000 librarys worldwide according to Worldcat which usually indicates that reviews are available offline if not online. Any promotionalism can be edited out, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 21:21, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
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  • Keep. WP:NOTCLEANUP notable author per Worldcat. Wm335td (talk) 17:39, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
  • Delete. First, I don't think any part of WP:NAUTHOR is fulfilled by having works in 2000 libraries. Second, when I search for John Jackman, I mostly get results for other people (leading me to wonder what sort of WP:FRANKENSTEIN is being created in the world cat searches. Third, I found exactly 0 reliable sources when I searched for "John Jackman author filmmaker" on google. Rockphed (talk) 16:39, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
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  • Having looked at it a little more, the two books (one has 3 editions) listed in the article are available in 475 libraries and 0 libraries. Atlantic306, can you explain finding his works in 2000 libraries? Rockphed (talk) 19:01, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
    • There are more than two publications, this shows more holdings here, having said that I haven't found any additional coverage on google Atlantic306 (talk) 19:07, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

Matt Mercer (actor)Edit

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First off, it is very difficult to find reliable sources for this subject, since looking up "Matt Mercer" on Google generates results on the far more notable Critical Role star Matthew Mercer, who is also known for his notable roles in anime and video games.

And when sources *were* found, they are just brief mentions of the subject, and barely any of them have significant depth. There is barely any coverage from credible news sources. So I'm convinced that the subject fails WP:SIGCOV.

Furthermore, the subject is largely involved with indie films or really, really low budget productions, many of which have barely any notability nor coverage to speak of, so I am not convinced that the subject meets WP:ENT, either.

On top of that, I also think this subject also does not meet WP:WHYN. Quoting the guideline: We require "significant coverage" in reliable sources so that we can actually write a whole article, rather than half a paragraph or a definition of that topic. If only a few sentences could be written and supported by sources about the subject, that subject does not qualify for a separate page, but should instead be merged into an article about a larger topic or relevant list. From the same guideline: Because these requirements are based on major content policies, they apply to all articles, not solely articles justified under the general notability criteria. I'm not convinced that you could write very much for this subject due to the lack of sources.

PS: If you look into the subject's article history, you could see that the draft was declined several times, and that it is has never been approved by anyone. This means the reviewers never thought the subject meets our notability criteria to begin with. Sk8erPrince (talk) 15:21, 24 September 2019 (UTC)

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  • Weak keep as he does have some leading roles in films that might be independent but do have multiple critics reviews at Rotten Tomatoes which means they are notable. His roles can be confirmed in those reviews, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 19:51, 14 October 2019 (UTC)
But do those reviews talk about the subject, or the films themselves? From what I could see, it seems to be the latter with trivial to no mention of the subject; hence failing WP:SIGCOV. --Sk8erPrince (talk) 00:28, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
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Relisting comment: There is only one keep vote which is weak keep, so an extra week should be given to allow extra time for discussion.
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  • Delete - Not an easy subject to judge, but looking at the provided sources, two of them are 404 and the rest consist of mere mentions that fail WP:SIGCOV or interviews that also fail WP:RS and WP:IS. Movies where the subject stars in are low-budget productions and for the most part, barely pass WP:GNG on their own. Perhaps if more reliable sources were added to the article my opinion would change. —  Centron   X   11:05, 19 October 2019 (UTC)

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