Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Morgan-Hewitt


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The result was delete. czar 06:26, 22 December 2020 (UTC)

David Morgan-Hewitt

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Would appreciate people's views on this biography of a hotelier. The coverage does not look strong to me and I have not been able to find better sources. I tagged the article for notability in August - this has now been removed by another editor who has worked on the article.

Reference 1 is The Goring Hotel, a primary source. Reference 2 is The Daily Mirror, discussed at WP:RSP and categorised as "The source is marginally reliable (i.e. neither generally reliable nor generally unreliable), and may be usable depending on context". Reference 3 is to the Durham student newspaper. Reference 4 is to Know Your Meme, which WP:RSP says is "generally unreliable". Reference 5 is to The Goring Hotel again. Ref 6 is to the Daily Express, and WP:RSP categorises that as "generally unreliable". Ref 7 is to The Royal Warrant Holders' Association, which is a primary source. Ref 8 is to a site called Luxury Travel Advisor - I'm unsure about its reliability; there is a named author for the article, which is a positive. Ref 9 to same article. Ref 10 is to The Caterer, which I think is probably reliable, but is an interview. Ref 11 is to Boutique Hotelier, and reads like a press release (some of the text appears on the Master Innholders site too). Ref 12 is to The Tatler - the mention of the subject's name is just a photograph caption. Tacyarg (talk) 21:53, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Tacyarg (talk) 21:53, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Tacyarg (talk) 21:53, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Tacyarg (talk) 21:53, 1 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep Freeman of the City of London seems notable enough. Oaktree b (talk) 22:32, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I wondered about that, but could not find a source supporting it. The statement in the article itself about it doesn't give a reference. Tacyarg (talk) 22:41, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete I am not sure the Freeman of the city honor is a high enough level to grant default notability. If it was, we would be able to adequately source its conferal. Not every honor, award or recognition actually grants default notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:19, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 00:19, 8 December 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 16:10, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - while he seems a competent hotel manager, I don't see what he's ever done meets WP:GNG. Bearian (talk) 17:48, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Another promotional article, with no assertion of notability made at all in the article.  FalconK (talk) 06:39, 19 December 2020 (UTC)


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