Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brayden Olson


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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:14, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

Brayden Olson

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Person is not notable; no substantial coverage in reliable sources. Going through the sources cited on the page (as of now):


 * The source here has a dead link, and appears to be some kind of press release
 * The next source is similar, and redirects to a page on window blinds (?)
 * This article is also a broken link, and seems to be from some kind of blog
 * This page has again been deleted, and seems like some kind of bio page or other primary source
 * This Fortune article is reliable, but mentions Olson only once, and includes no information beyond name and job title
 * This gaming page doesn't mention Olson at all
 * This magazine article (?) again doesn't mention Olson at all
 * This gaming site interview, again, doesn't mention Olson
 * This Seattle Business article is brief, mentions Olson only once, and again includes no information beyond name and title
 * This Xconomy article doesn't discuss Olson himself; he's mentioned, but appears to only be acting as a company spokesperson
 * This other Xconomy article actually does talk about Olson, but it's fairly marginal - there's only a paragraph or two, it feels heavily self-promotional, and Xconomy is probably of marginal reliability
 * This Huffington Post Article, again, doesn't mention Olson at all

There are plenty of other "sources" that discuss Olson - eg. here, here, or here - but they're primary sources, not reliable (eg. unknown blogs), not independent of Olson, or all three. Business Insider wrote an article about how Olson is "the real-life Christian Grey", but they freely admit they didn't do any fact-checking, and are essentially just re-printing whatever Olson told them. There appears to be a lot of self-promotion in these "sources" - eg. the Xconomy article says that Olson "has gotten national press", but their links point to a Bloomberg article that mentions Olson only once and in passing, and a New York Times blog post (not the New York Times itself) which again gives almost no information on Olson himself. Spectra239 (talk) 05:31, 11 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete The fact that the only workable secondary source that is independent is the Business Insider article that leads with "We don't know if this really happened", I would say we have absolutely nothing of note.John Pack Lambert (talk) 06:28, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:07, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete for now at best and draft and userfy if needed as my searches found several articles including from this year at News and browsers but perhaps simply nothing for a better notable article, the current sourcing is simply some coverage here and there. SwisterTwister   talk  22:29, 15 December 2015 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — UY Scuti Talk  18:10, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:05, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete No hits in WP:VG/RS's custom reliable source search pertaining to gaming, except this very passing mention. -- ferret (talk) 22:42, 18 December 2015 (UTC)


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