 | This discussion was subject to a deletion review on 2022 August 15. For an explanation of the process, see Wikipedia:Deletion review. |
| This discussion was subject to a deletion review on 2021 November 7. The result of the deletion review was No consensus. For an explanation of the process, see Wikipedia:Deletion review. |
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was delete. This was a difficult AfD to parse through. On the surface, there are significantly more delete votes than keep votes (I count about 24 delete and 16 keep). There was some obvious rampant socking and votes by SPAs, and it seems like the majority of those voters were voting to keep the article. This was a very widely attended AfD, and the delete voters had a significant numerical advantage.
When we get down to the major policy arguments on both sides, the delete voters are mainly arguing that the subject of the article is an unremarkable government worker who is clearly not a public figure, the subject lacks significant coverage required by WP:GNG, and that the coverage that this individual has received is mostly surrounding a single event, which would invalidate his eligibility for an article per WP:BLP1E. The keep voters are primarily countering that the subject has received significant coverage in reliable sources, and that the subject has actually been a notable player in multiple notable events spanning a decade.
Reviewing these arguments, it is difficult to accept the argument that the subject has not received significant coverage. At least a few articles that were presented in this discussion demonstrate clear significant coverage. So, that only leaves us to determine whether BLP1E applies. The vast majority of sources in the article focus on the recent event that began in late 2020. While keep voters point to a few remaining sources from prior to 2020, several editors convincingly argue that these sources have reliability issues, and/or do not cover the subject in a significant way, and/or do not describe particularly notable events beyond everyday news stories.
While this is a borderline case, I believe there is sufficient consensus to delete the article primarily due to WP:BLP1E. —ScottyWong— 04:52, 4 November 2021 (UTC)