Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Colin Nell


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The result was delete. Drmies (talk) 02:12, 30 August 2016 (UTC)

Colin Nell

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It initially seems like this is a well referenced article about a prominent person, but actually I struggled to find anything significant that conveys notability. He is Mo Farah's brother in law, and has a few press mentions through this. He is also a freestyle footballer and the only publications of note that mention him have his name and not much more by virtue of his work doing football freestyle stuff at schools as part of a national rail safety campaign. Rayman60 (talk) 13:58, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Referencey, but they're all tangential at best - David Gerard (talk) 23:58, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. Sources used to establish notability under WP:GNG need to be independent, reliable, and in-depth; of the current sources, almost all are passing mentions (a sentence or two of barebones biography in the context of Mo Farah or the train safety program) or publicist bios from his own or his agents' websites. The closest to a satisfactory source is a three-paragraph bio in emel (magazine), which is pretty good for establishing notability but not very detailed or specific, and anyway GNG requires multiple such sources. Google finds no better ones.


 * The only question, for me, is whether "stunt double" or "unnamed freestyle football performer" counts as a "significant role" in a movie or music video. If it does, he passes WP:ENT #1; I feel it doesn't, but am open to being convinced otherwise. FourViolas (talk) 04:21, 23 August 2016 (UTC)


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 * Keep - extensive coverage from a wide variety of sources, therefore passes WP:GNG Spiderone  12:49, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - fails GNG, the coverage is WP:ROUTINE. GiantSnowman 18:26, 24 August 2016 (UTC)


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