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NASCAR Inside The Playoffs (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Does not meet WP:GNG. A WP:BEFORE search yielded no results aside from the IMDb result, which is not reliable. Conyo14 (talk) 02:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Flora Plumb (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NACTOR with no major credits. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:19, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dorell Anthony (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Contested PROD, article about a non-notable actor and filmmaker. Don't it satisfies criteria for WP:NACTOR or WP:GNG, possible WP:COI. Jamiebuba (talk) 20:04, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Lestz (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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There does not appear to be significant independent coverage Thebiguglyalien (talk) 06:23, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sourcing:
  • Guardian article isn't significant coverage
  • Southern Illinoisian article is *about* a partnership that's not independent (he gave them the books about him to read), but the article itself is indepdent, reliable, and significant
  • The "Steer Your Business Magazine" article seems very likely non-independent
  • MoneyMarketing doesn't really cover *him*
  • BusinessInsider is mostly him saying "I got rich by saving", may or may not be significant coverage, definitely independent
  • OutsourcingAngel is non-reliable
  • HillSong is just an event invite + non-independent
  • His autobiography & other book are non-independent
I am also unable to find any other sources, other than what is already in the article, on a quick look. His claims to fame seem to be (a) being a millionaire who was once homeless and (b) owning Genistar. But the S.Ill. + Bus.Insider don't really make enough coverage for (a), and (b) would be better in its own article. Therefore, Delete, lacking any sources. Mrfoogles (talk) 07:10, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per thebiguglyalien's comments. Fails WP: General notability guidelines and there's no significant coverage on this author since he wasn't involved in any major events. Galaxybeing (talk) 12:48, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Christina Rahm (scientist) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The article doesn't show notability. fails GNG. ANTCrowd439 (talk) 06:11, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Etienne Uzac (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:SIGCOV. Routine coverage of court visits. No other coverage. Fails WP:BIO. scope_creepTalk 09:00, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

David Scott (video game developer) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The sources provided are WP:PASSINGMENTION quick google search reveals no info about him entirely which make this article fails WP:NBIO Warm Regards, Miminity (talk) (contribs) 03:28, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like he is not like giving interviews. Vitaly Zdanevich (talk) 07:21, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Lowell Galindo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NBASIC, I cannot find any article talking about him alone. The sources uses a datebase and a primary source Warm Regards, Miminity (talk) (contribs) 02:14, 1 September 2024 (UTC) [reply]

  • Note The time between when I created the article and when the article was marked for deletion was six hours and 12 minutes. Per WP:BEFORE, section C.2 states that, if an article was recently created, then time should be allowed to contributors to add to and expand the article. Considering that CFA easily found more articles that have coverage of the subject, I do not understand if @Miminity: has simply not read through the AfD guidelines prior to marking this article for deletion, or whether he did not do a thorough enough search through the internet before the deletion marking. Keep by default as I am article's creator. Cheers, atque supra! Fakescientist8000 16:37, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: The sources already presented in the article show that this subject meets the WP:GNG. Let'srun (talk) 20:44, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Withdrawn, Idk why, I didn't know those sources are RS. Oops
Aurora Colorado apartment takeover (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This feels like a violation of WP:NOTNEWSPAPER Warm Regards, Miminity (talk) (contribs) 00:58, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete run of the mill news story without secondary coverage Traumnovelle (talk) 06:01, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Mystic Mountain (film) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Article about a film, not reliably sourced as passing WP:NFILM. As always, every film is not automatically entitled to have a Wikipedia article just because it exists, and instead films must show WP:GNG-worthy coverage about them in third-party reliable sources -- but this is referenced entirely to the filmmaker's own self-published content about it, and makes absolutely no notability claim (awards, etc.) above and beyond "film that exists". And even on a WP:BEFORE search, I mostly found more primary sources -- all I found for GNG-worthy reliable source coverage was two hits in the local media of the city where the director was living at the time, of the "local man tries to make film" and "local man screens film locally" varieties, which is not enough by itself in the absence of any wider attention. Bearcat (talk) 16:40, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Xenos Books (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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There doesn't appear to be significant coverage of the company in reliable sources. The only source in the article is a database listing. The article was created by someone who described themselves as "one of the editors at Xenos Books". toweli (talk) 14:12, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Borgo Press, of which this was an associated imprint. PARAKANYAA (talk) 14:21, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
2028 Democratic National Convention (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I am unsure as to whether there are enough sources to justify the existence of this article at this juncture. PlateOfToast (talk) 05:55, 31 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, there is already a planned bid from Nashville, and the "media speculation" from Chicago comes from a direct quote by Governor JB Pritzker (who was a major player in selecting the 2024 convention). The event is essentially guaranteed to happen, more media coverage will roll in as the date approaches Microplastic Consumer (talk) 03:17, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Jason Ganzel (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Can only find one news source and the book sources appear to have minimal depth. The only reason I'm not CSDing this is that there exists one source covering him. Allan Nonymous (talk) 11:24, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Tagged uncited for more than 15 years and only the 2 high schools have articles Chidgk1 (talk) 14:52, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fringepedia (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I was going to BLAR this article to Fringe (TV series), but saw that it was previously kept at AfD (albeit in 2011), so I'm erring on the side of caution. This fan wiki fails WP:WEBCRIT and WP:GNG. The site lacks sustained, significant coverage in reliable sources. All of the sources were published between 2008 and 2011. Source evaluation:

  • Ref 1 is a direct link to the site.
  • Ref 2 states, regarding the wiki, in full: "Meanwhile, fans of the show have set up the mandatory, unofficial databank, Fringepedia. Same rules apply for entries there as with any wiki site."
  • Ref 3 states, regarding the wiki, in full: "War over edits to Astrid's page: Have an hour or six to waste? You might want to dig into Fringepedia. Take a dip in the pool of collective knowledge. Help figure out what the images that lead into or out of each commercial break denote. Meticulously catalog every narcotic Walter professes to take. Or just spell-check every instance of 'Fibonacci Sequence.' It's fun for everyone."
  • Ref 4 appears to have a couple of brief mentions of Fringepedia that note that it's a wiki for the show, but without much more than that.

I have been unable to find additional reliable sources providing significant coverage.

Note that I am in the process of creating List of fan wikis (currently a draft in my userspace), but the WP:LISTCRIT is WP:CSC #1 (all entries meet WP:GNG; the intention is to prevent list cruft and an entry for every single fan wiki on Fandom), so merging would not be appropriate. Additionally, I don't think that merging to Fringe (TV series) would be due. voorts (talk/contributions) 23:50, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per well-reasoned argument by nominator. The LA Times and Wired mentions provide verifiability for maybe a line about Fringepedia in the Fringe (TV series) article, but aren't the significant coverage necessary for independent notability. Jonathan Deamer (talk) 06:37, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

History of Saturday Night Live (1975–1980) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I am also nominating the other pages in this SNL history series:

These articles are rife with original research, unsourced and poorly sourced statements, useless cast trivia, and redundant cast lists that are already located in their respective season articles. Most of the pages segment everything by season anyway and are not the broader look at the show history that they are supposed to be. Several of them have had cleanup tags for almost a decade. They are rarely edited. And they are arbitrarily segmented by five year increments for no specific reason; this appears to be a random decision made 20 years ago in 2004 that nobody has questioned since then.

Myself and another editor have been working on a successor for these pages; it's currently at Draft:History of Saturday Night Live. It functions as the broader look at show history that these nine pages were supposed to be. It is not just redundant of the existing season pages; it makes extensive use of reliable sources and is the broader look at show history. I propose that this new page replace these existing pages. There are many benefits to this: consolidating editor efforts on one page, ditching the arbitrary separation, less maintenance effort required across multiple pages, etc.

I have already merged any non-duplicate info from these old pages into the appropriate SNL season articles. There will be nothing lost by deleting/redirecting them to the new page. I announced this plan about a week ago on the SNL talk page and have received no opposition at this point. StewdioMACK (talk) 15:01, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • the current status of the draft vs. the mainspace article is confusing - is the draft article a copy of the existing article that got edited?
  • the draft is extremely long now, over 127K but the draft currently seems manageable because of headings/subheadings
Oblivy (talk) 23:16, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment: The draft started as a copy of the existing history on the main SNL page and was then expanded, and portions of some other articles were used in some cases, remixed, and condensed (per summary style) attempting to give credit in edit summaries where possible. Regarding the length, it is long, but it is a lot to cover and consideration has been given to give equal weight to different eras without breaching the rules of thumb on WP:LENGTH. Parts of the article may still be able to be optimised to further reduce size, but I'd argue that it's an appropriate size for the amount of time that it's covering. StewdioMACK (talk) 05:59, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Administrative close 1) To the extent that text has been used from these articles in a draft, we cannot delete these without deleting that draft, per WP:CWW. 2) The draft is apparently not ready for prime time, and a redirect from these articles to draft space would be an impermissible cross-namespace redirect. 3) There should be no waiting period per WP:RENOM to redirect these to the draft once it is mainspaced. That is, this is a bit premature, although the final solution is obvious and probably not controversial enough to even need an AfD discussion. Jclemens (talk) 00:24, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment: To clarify, the article is ready for primetime; every part of the article is a significant improvement over its predecessors that I've nominated, and I've just made some further edits today. Apologies if this is seen as a misuse of AfD but I believed it was consenus to use AfD for potentially contentious significant moves like this. I've just attempted to mainspace the new article but ran into technical issues as there's an existing redirect at the new address (History of Saturday Night Live); if it's the preferred course of action, maybe I can take this to requested moves, boldly redirect the old articles (to preserve page histories), and we can close this AfD. StewdioMACK (talk) 05:59, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to the corresponding sections of the full History article or the History article itself once the draft is moved to mainspace. (To clarify, I am one of the contributors to the draft.) If it were me, I would have moved the draft to mainspace first because it's already of decent quality, then AfD the articles, or even boldly redirect them. I would move it right now, but not until I get StewdioMACK's input, and the AfD is already ongoing, anyways. And as a note to other contributors, there are plans to develop the article to cut out cruft plus possibly sending it to PR for a check, so no worries on any problems currently existing with the draft. Spinixster (trout me!) 01:57, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Before anyone asks: StewdioMACK did say that they were going to AfD the articles here, but I misread it as AfC (Articles for Creation; I interpreted it as letting the draft go through the AfC process, which I had no objections with). Spinixster (trout me!) 02:04, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Moved the draft to mainspace (History of Saturday Night Live) per WT:AFD. C F A 💬 15:27, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Airalo (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Can't see that the sources establish notability. I am always most suspicious of articles with little or no content & citing beyond the raising of funds, which are almost invariably run of the mill stuff. TheLongTone (talk) 11:46, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

American Silver Eagle mintage figures (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:NOTDIRECTORY/WP:NOTSTATS. It is not clear why we have these statistics. Not all facts make good encyclopedia articles, no attempt is made to explain why these figures are of enough importance to give them a separate page. Fram (talk) 08:18, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - is cite-able and notable as world bullion repository currency. -MJ (talk) 08:27, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Committee on National Security Systems (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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WP:NOTDICTIONARY. Non-notable intergovernmental committee. Fleeting mentions and routine coverage that doesn't establish independent notability. Redirect to Department of Defense. Longhornsg (talk) 22:09, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The committee (under different names) is 70+ years old. Multiple sources exist. Dimawik (talk) 20:18, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Kandiss Taylor (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NPOL. Non-notable. Came in third in a primary. Per the policy, notability is based on "a politician has receiving "significant press coverage" has been written about, in depth, independently in multiple news feature articles, by journalists." Coverage is related to routine campaign developments or controversial things she's said over the course of her political career. Non-notable politician. Longhornsg (talk) 21:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Spoiler campaign (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This is a coat rack for partisan criticism of political candidates outside of the two major parties in the United States. User:Namiba 17:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to spoiler effect. – Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 22:24, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete per nom. Agree that this is a case of WP:COATRACK. Sal2100 (talk) 19:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Liz Read! Talk! 23:05, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

United States Virgin Islands women's national under-18 softball team (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Unable to find the requisite WP:SIGCOV for this team to meet the WP:NTEAM, WP:NORG or WP:GNG. Let'srun (talk) 23:58, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete can't find any coverage. Traumnovelle (talk) 00:17, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was delete‎. Malinaccier (talk) 19:08, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Nu Breed Music Group (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:CORP with no WP:RS. I can't find anything that even mentions this specific company and not the rap group (NuBreed). The official website doesn't even work. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 16:29, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was delete‎. Malinaccier (talk) 18:49, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign congressional endorsements (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This article is a copy of a few sections from List of Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign endorsements, except that it already deviates from that article in content and has several referencing errors. There's no reason to have two copies of this information. Note that there's no discussion of a split of the primary article, therefore no concensus for such an action. mikeblas (talk) 15:06, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Bradley J. Bondi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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None of the references in this article about a lawyer show significant secondary coverage in reliable sources. I have carried out WP:BEFORE and not found references to add; I have removed two existing references which did not mention him. Article has been tagged as orphan for six years, notability and advert for two years, and was recently tagged with possible CoI. It was also recently cut down by another editor from a longer version with no sources, but the quality of those sources is not better than the existing ones. I don't think he meets WP:GNG or WP:ANYBIO. Tacyarg (talk) 14:40, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Law, and United States of America. Tacyarg (talk) 14:40, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment When I looked at this I thought it would be a straightforward senior-lawyer vanity page. I tend to agree that on his career alone, he gets nowhere towards WP:GNG despite having been prominent. There are a few borderline articles like this and this talking about him taking on clients and a court judgment relating to conflict of interest. But nothing that profiles him in the way this article does that doesn't seem to be relying on a press release and CV. Note that the article doesn't mention he's Pam Bondi's brother but that's not inherited. He also got coverage for endowing a scholarship.
    Where there is substantial coverage about him is this WSJ article about his 330 acre property and graveyard (someone else's family, also interviewed). The story is also here credited to WSJ.
    Cumulatively does this get him across the line? I'm doubtful but would be interested to see further views. Oblivy (talk) 02:04, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete To improve the reliability of sources, it's essential to move beyond press releases, biographies/resumes, and articles drafted by the subject. The apparent CoI editing may be the most problematic. If the subject met WP:GNG, none of the above would be needed. Regarding the WSJ article about the property, the subject is a self-described contributor to WSJ. 2601:18E:C47E:CA30:28D2:4D3:69FF:69B0 (talk) 01:09, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Additional evaluation of the sources brought up here?
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Siebel Scholars (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Insufficient referencing to demonstrate notability. Revirvlkodlaku (talk) 02:56, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comments - First, there are several websites with text almost identical to this article, but I can't tell whether the WP article is WP:COPYVIO or a case of citogenesis: (1), (2), (3).
The article needs to be revised to resolve the possible copyvio problem.
Second, there are sources that could be used in an overhaul effort for this article:
Third, there are multiple listings by college, annually, naming scholarship awardees at the various institutions, with descriptions of the award, which colud provide in depth, reliable sources to revise the article.
Last, perhaps the best solution to the problem of potential copyvio might be to draftify this article, and rebuild it from secondary, reliable sources. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 17:53, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A copyvio is unlikely. Looking through the article's history, the current version developed slowly over time. Here is the copyvio comparison for your link no. 1. It's blatantly obvious (and also kinda funny) that they just copied text from Wikipedia and made some minor changes to disguise it ("29" -> "various", "selected" -> "chosen", "on the basis of" -> "based on"). The comparison tool doesn't work for the other two links, but they're dated so we can look at the latest revision before they were published. For both no. 2 and no. 3, the text was already there. So the copyright concerns are baseless and the article should definitely not be draftified. --Un assiolo (talk) 19:19, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Both of the sources flagged here are WP:PRIMARYSOURCES. Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:15, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: Relisting to see if there is more support for Redirection given the other sources brought up in the discussion.
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  • Merge to Thomas Siebel or Improve. There are pages about the scholars at the websites of colleges and universities, and contrary to comments above I do consider these as RS. There is a burden on universities to be honest, so if something is published then they consider it at least slightly notable. That so many have relevant press releases says a lot. I will oppose a redirect as the section Thomas Siebel#Philanthropy does not cover this largish program. Improve is my preference, I think the editor missed what is needed for notability, and maybe nobody helped. Ldm1954 (talk) 14:49, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The press releases and official publications of universities of scholarship awardees cannot be considered "independent". Dclemens1971 (talk) 19:14, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I strongly disagree with that statement. If universities publish misinformation on their webpages there are serious consequences. Hence what they publish is much, much more rigorously curated than many newspapers. Ldm1954 (talk) 20:20, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, it is reliable. But it is not independent. The question is not whether what they write is true, it is why they publish it. However a books search shows mention of Siebel Scholars in multiple books. Some are primary sources, yet the mention of Siebel Scholars in, e.g., [6]: 132  amounts to secondary information in a primary source. Some are just passing [7] and some are not independent [8] but I think it would be worth looking at those a little more closely. Sirfurboy🏄 (talk) 21:07, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I found reliable, in-depth sources on newspapers.com and ProQuest, and added content that is evidence of GNG. (Note: to access the ProQuest sources, first login to Wikimedia Commons, then login to Wikipeia Library, then scroll down and open the ProQuest link. Finally, click on the ProQuest ID link in each citation.) The article's sections, "Participating Schools", and the "Conference Topics & Speakers" are still completely un-referenced, and should probably be deleted or references provided. — Grand'mere Eugene (talk) 03:13, 3 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
List of United States presidential firsts (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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There's some standing consensus that these lists are not encyclopedic because they lack a SELCRIT and so therefore must always be definitionally WP:SYNTH.

The previous discussion at Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_United_States_presidential_firsts is well worth a read as it was a massive back and forth that ended in no consensus. Since then, other articles have narrowly ended in deletion:

Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Indian_prime_ministerial_firsts Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Mexican_presidential_firsts Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Philippine_presidential_firsts

I'm of the view that this kind of article can never ever, in any circumstances, be a good article because it will always be a pile of random information.

BrigadierG (talk) 13:21, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Strong keep: I have seen book entries and magazine articles organized on this topic. Furthermore, this has been kept before and I am not convinced of the need to abandon that consensus pbp 14:48, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists of people-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch 16:16, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep: There's never going to be 100% agreement on any article, and the editors do a good job of deleting pure trivia. The presidency has evolved over the years and this article shows how. Bkatcher (talk) 00:27, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. American writers have listed and will no doubt continue to list presidential achievements (though I am rather dubious about having a section for George Washington: everything he did was a first!). Clarityfiend (talk) 10:04, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Any list (and especially lists of "firsts") should be discussed in reliable sources as a topic AND the criteria must not be indiscriminate. (see this recent discussion). So, this fails NLIST and WP:TRIVIA. Any relevant "firsts" can be mentioned or described on the page of the president. (And as an aside, there is lots of trivial entries on the list "Washington was the first president to have a First Lady older in age.") --Enos733 (talk) 18:59, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Reliable sources have published list of firsts, though... pbp 15:13, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The articles that got deleted had few participates, one of them had no one but the nominator there. Anyway, reliable sources believe its a notable accomplish worth covering to be the first US president to do something, and every item has a reference. Dream Focus 05:13, 28 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep: I believe this article has a purpose to cover up unique facts about the presidents of the United States and the main concern to delete this article would be of having too long-processed facts. But this article does a fantastic job of keeping specific and unique facts, that are basic and straightforward. Like for example, James K. Polk being the first president not to have a pet, JQ Adams being the first president to have his photo taken, Woodrow Wilson being the first to have a PhD.HockeyFanNHL (talk) 15:23, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • deletion and Move to the article of each person individually. It is more useful this way Pallikari (talk) 17:32, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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This should not have been relisted, it should've been closed as kept. Relisting it smacks of fishing for a certain outcome pbp 15:11, 2 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Shwa Losben (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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The only coverage of the subject in reliable sources that I was able to find is this 2009 NBC Philadelphia article. toweli (talk) 18:30, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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List of controversies of recent U.S. Presidents (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Very sparse article with a strange criteria (why only recent presidents?) and quite frankly, is only substantive for Trump (where it's a list of people who worked under him who now consider him to be incompetent). No substantive content besides the list of scandalous Trump politicians, which are covered elsewhere. HadesTTW (he/him • talk) 02:35, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep or rename to something like "Personnel scandals of President Donald Trump." The table can largely remain as a comparision to other recent presidents without worrying as much about where to stop adding the lists and redundancy with the other list of scandals. Trump takes up much of the focus of the article anyway. Superb Owl (talk) 16:28, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your suggestion is a clear cut case of WP:COATRACK. Esolo5002 (talk) 18:39, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Roger D. Nelson (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I'm having trouble finding secondary sources independent of this subject. WP:FRINGE is also a concern here. 0xchase (talk) 14:17, 16 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The exact sort of paranormal work he does appears to be the kind that gets the clicks and notice from the news media. SilverserenC 23:04, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think most or any of these pass both WP:RS and WP:SIGCOV
  • Some of these uncritically embrace the paranormal stuff and clearly aren't mainstream
  • Most of these sources are primarily covering the Global Consciousness Project and only make passing mention of Nelson. The GCP already has its own article, and Nelson doesn't get inherited notability.
0xchase (talk) 17:47, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So you're claiming mainstream major newspapers aren't "mainstream" just because they are uncritical? Whether they embrace a fringe topic or criticize it is irrelevant. It is significant coverage regardless. And it is coverage of his research, which is relevant for coverage toward him, since while he's fringe, this still falls under notability for academics. And, for this fringe field, he is clearly both a discussed and noted expert that has received significant news focus. SilverserenC 21:03, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Merge to Global Consciousness Project. The NY Times, Vancouver Sun, and Guardian are good sources, however their articles are primarily about the project, not him. A few sentences (maybe a paragraph) introducing him using those sources found by Silver Seren would actually enhance that article. That would fill in his educational background (a short list of degrees) and perhaps something about his beliefs/goals. But for him I don't see SIGCOV for a separate article. Lamona (talk) 02:49, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge to Global Consciousness Project, in order for him to get coverage, we would need WP:DEPTH, which we don't have here.
Allan Nonymous (talk) 12:31, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

*Delete. Non-notable fringe. Merge Change my mind. Xxanthippe (talk) 23:17, 29 August 2024 (UTC).[reply]

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United States SailGP Team (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Nominated as there is nothing here to assert notability. The four WP:RS are too little to establish notability.

The NTY source is difficult to read through a paywall and do not seem to focus heavily on the team to establish notability. sailsporttalk only focuses on one of the sailors with a tiny part on the team. Both sources in sail-world only talks about the team's performance in the series. SpacedFarmer (talk) 23:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Bowie Jane (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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fails WP:GNG Joeykai (talk) 01:39, 14 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources I added.

Sources:

  1. Gorman, Brigid O (23 April 2013). "Barrister's a secret singing sensation". Lawyers Weekly. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  2. The article notes: "Barrister by day; sexy singer by night. That's the life that has been led by Melbourne barrister, and now pop sensation, Bowie Jane... ... The songstress, whose story has received international press coverage in recent days, is a practising criminal barrister in Melbourne, but she managed to keep her musical pastime a secret from colleagues and clients – until now at least."
  3. "Meet Bowie Jane". VoyageLA (Interview). 5 April 2021.
  4. The interview notes: "I'm an Australian who has lived in Los Angeles for six years and I’m loving it!" "I was living a very secret double life until my story was exposed by the Daily Mail in the UK which was crazy at the time – I was front page of every major paper in the UK and on every radio show. My double life is that I'm a criminal trial attorney having worked in money laundering and tax fraud but am also a professional DJ singer-songwriter! Basically, I would work as a lawyer during the day, then rip off my conservative clothes and get on stage at night. The lawyers didn't know I was a singer and the musicians didn’t know I was a lawyer. Once my story became public knowledge around the world, I quit the law and am now a full-time musician. I've been performing since I was a kid and started out in musical theater and madrigal groups believe it or not! I think that's where I first fell in love with harmonies. I then really wanted to be in a band so started doing acoustic duo work and then moved into the band arena, started songwriting and then releasing in the UK and touring. ... I love revving up a crowd!"
  5. Doreian, Robyn (25 August 2013). "All out, all change". Lifestyle. The Sun-Herald. Sydney: Fairfax Media. p. 12. Retrieved 1 September 2024. While studying law and commerce at Deakin University, she played covers at restaurants in an acoustic duo. Once qualified, the flip side to courtrooms was laser-lit gigs at venues like Transport, at Melbourne's Federation Square, where she blasted her energetic originals. And in 2013, she sang at the Australian Open tennis tournament. The moniker Bowie Jane came from her nickname - ever since she was a child, she's worn glittery bows in her hair. It was also how she kept her alter ego hidden from colleagues and clients. ... In March, she shelved four years of law practice and moved to London to become a star.
  6. The article notes: "But for Bowie Jane (her stage name), law was an obvious career. "My brain has always been lawyer-ish. When I was 12, I had written contracts with my parents stating who would pay for what in my upbringing." ... While studying law and commerce at Deakin University, she played covers at restaurants in an acoustic duo. Once qualified, the flip side to courtrooms was laser-lit gigs at venues like Transport, at Melbourne's Federation Square, where she blasted her energetic originals. And in 2013, she sang at the Australian Open tennis tournament. The moniker Bowie Jane came from her nickname - ever since she was a child, she's worn glittery bows in her hair. It was also how she kept her alter ego hidden from colleagues and clients. ... In March, she shelved four years of law practice and moved to London to become a star. ... Jane now lives in a share house in Camden. Meetings with management, publishers and performances cram her days. She has also been doing radio interviews to promote her second single, Bad Boy."
  7. "Dance Club Songs". Billboard. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
  8. The Billboard chart notes: "Busted Bowie Jane – 21 LAST WEEK – 21 PEAK POSITION – 6 WEEKS ON CHART"

I also found this unreliable law profile source, with her real name:

  1. "Miranda Ball". Meldrum's List. Retrieved 1 September 2024. The law profile notes: "Miranda's experience is extensive having run high profile White Collar Crime Litigations as both a Partner then Barrister. Her recent work includes the Bernie Madoff litigations in Bermuda & the UK, Operation Wickenby, Australian Crime Commission investigations and examinations, Special Leave Applications to the High Court of Australia, Legal Professional Privilege Claims, Constitutional Challenges, Children's Court hearings, Australian Taxation Office litigations/investigations and Coronial Inquests."

There is sufficient coverage in multiple independent reliable sources, plus the sources identified by @Ednabrenze to allow the subject to pass the general notability guideline, requiring "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject." --Yours sincerely, Bas (or TechGeek105) (talk to me) 06:36, 1 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ted Wang (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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A WP:BEFORE did not reveal that the subject meets WP:SIGCOV. PROD was declined. TJMSmith (talk) 01:42, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Move to draft I support moving the article to draft where it can be incubated and sources that indicated notability are added. There is little coverage for series leed they lauched, Also the article can be rewritten from a more neutral point of viewTesleemah 09:54, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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I'll take a quick crack at it in about an hour. But if I can't find anything solid then I'll come back and vote for deletion. Dr vulpes (Talk) 03:06, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, Dr vulpes. It's nice to see you back in AFDLand. Liz Read! Talk! 03:56, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I've updated with multiple sources, removed all the unsourced material and any content that I couldn't find proper sources for. This was a fun clean up. Dr vulpes (Talk) 06:59, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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