Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Coach Meddy


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:04, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Coach Meddy

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Fails WP:Notability guideline. Note that this article is declared paid editing, which is relevant as supporting evidence that many of the refs are paid advertorials. I spent a long time examining all of the refs in the article and detailing them below, to save everone else the work. I find none qualify as independant reliable signficant coverage. I also searched for additional sources and found no useful ones. That search may have suffered from the fact that I was unable to determine "Coach Meddy"'s actual name! The fact that his actual name appears in NONE of the twelve refs is further evidence of the cookie-cutter paid advertorial nature of nearly all refs here.

I believe every source below is an over-the-top paid advertorial, almost certainly all written by the same author. Nearly all of the sources are websites with tiny "staff", no reputation for anything, and either explicity state that they carry paid advertorials or are rampant with blatant paid advertorials.
 * timeoutdubai.com
 * It is not relevant whether the site is Reliable. Meddy receives passing mention in two sentences. Meddy is not even the main subject of either sentence. Worthless for establishing Notability.
 * foxsportsasia.com
 * Appears to be Reliable, however Meddy receives a one-sentence passing mention. Worthless for establishing Notability.
 * telegraphstar.com
 * Not Reliable. Explicitly carries paid advertorials. Their advertize page states: "Advertorial Guest Posting Method : We are publishing your informational / advertorial articles in our website, news articles".
 * newsblaze.com
 * Not Reliable. Explicitly carries paid stories. Their contact page states: "Done For You Media Exposure Program Outline ... Press Release, Followup interviews, Followup stories and social followup."
 * thriveglobal.com
 * Not Reliable. Explicitly carries paid advertorials. Their media partnerships page states: "Custom-branded packaging and placement in our high-impact editorial content."
 * arizonadailyregister.com
 * Not Reliable. Author is explicitly a paid-content marketer. At the bottom of the article About the Author states "Shane is a cryptocurrency journalist and an ICO writing consultant at The Written Craft content service." Going to The Written Craft, he states "This is where I offer my blockchain content writing and copywriting services... I’m a certified content marketer."
 * kathmandutribune.com (there is currently an open AFD for this site)
 * Not Reliable. Tiny staff and invites article submissions. The about page states the site is run by two people, plus two foreign correspondents. Also the contact page states: "Kathmandu Tribune welcomes submissions of op-eds and articles on any topic for publication in online." I could find no explicit statement whether payment would help get an article onto the website. However I think the "article" answers this for itself.
 * TGDaily.com
 * Not Reliable. I can't find explicit advertizing info, but it looks like just about every article in the Health section is a paid ad.
 * Over-the-top advertorial for "FaceTite" with link to clinic to make an appointment.
 * How-to-improve-your-sleep-quality with link to buy Marijauna-oil and stating "You can also get some great deals on these products".
 * How-to-avoid-addiction-and-live-a-healthy-life sending readers to buy a SoberLink product.
 * What-is-tartar-and-how-do-you-control-it which of course sends readers to "Lanes & Associates, reputable and experienced dentistry in Durham".
 * How-can-i-prevent-my-hemorrhoids-from-getting-worse which sends readers to pristyncare.com to buy laser surgery.
 * How-ehr-software-improves-medical-practices with a link to buy Electronic Medical Records software and which says "They have achieved these goals with their EHR software, specifically so you can achieve your goals for your practice. Are you ready to get the most out of your medical practice with an EHR?"
 * oneworldherald.com
 * Not Reliable. Same issue as TGDaily. Spotchecking articles turned up rampant blatant avdertorials / product links. I only need to cite one of their "articles" to make the point:
 * Study-reveals-penis-extension-procedures-are-risky-and-often-do-not-work and the "article" instead suggests "Most of the men today are even going for sexual enhancement pills or sprays, from websites like creamandspray.com, which give that high feeling till the time you really need it." How cliche, an advertorial for penis pills penis cream.
 * I also found a submission form "OneWorldHerald.com - Submit Your News. Fill the form given below to send your news to us. We will publish it on OneWorldHerald.com." The story submission form has been bot-spammed to hundreds of online discussion forums.
 * newdaylive.com
 * Not Reliable. Same issue as TGDaily and oneworldherald. This article tells you where to buy the best buy Marijauna-oil, and this OMG-advertorial tells you what company to call to have a docor come to your home and hydrate you via IV. You know, for people who are too rich too busy to hydrate by... actually drinking beverages. The ad article says the service is available in "29 metropolitan markets in the United States, United Kingdom, and Spain". Sorry Canadians, you'll have to actually drink your beverages by mouth. Swallowing counts as exercise now.
 * kivodaily.com
 * The cited article was posted by Dillon Kivo, listed as Editor-In-Chief of kivodaily. Guess what that means? It means Dillon Kivo SELFPUBLISHed the content on his his personal website. However one of the key criteria of Wikipedia guidelines for a source to qualify as Reliable is that it subjects content to responsible editorial review. SELFPUBLISHed content, Not Reliable.
 * freepressjournal.in
 * This appears to be the website of an actual paper newspaper in India. I'll invite anyone else to comment on the quality of the source. However the content itself is a blatant advertorial and obviously Not Reliable. I believe almost anyone who has actually read the sources up to this point should be able to recognize that the text of this source has been written by the same over-the-top author.

Alsee (talk) 23:46, 4 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Ceethekreator (talk) 07:34, 5 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of France-related deletion discussions. Ceethekreator (talk) 07:34, 5 June 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Very good analysis of the sources by Alsee. I had (independently) come to the same conclusion: the citations are advertorials, published in unreliable sources, for the purpose of falsely claiming notability of for the subject. Vexations (talk) 11:56, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete Undeclared paid editor paid to advertise. Fails WP:BIO.  scope_creep Talk  10:42, 11 June 2019 (UTC)


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