Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. J. McCullough (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  08:30, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

J. J. McCullough
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WP:BLP of a political commentator and blogger, not reliably sourced as the subject of enough media coverage to clear WP:GNG. Virtually across the board, this article is referenced entirely to unreliable and non-notability-supporting primary sources, such as YouTube videos and his own bylined writing -- but as always, you do not make a writer notable enough for Wikipedia by referencing his writing to itself as evidence that it exists, you make a writer notable enough for Wikipedia by referencing his writing to third party coverage about his writing as evidence that other people have deemed it significant. But there's literally only one footnote here (#27) that even resembles the kind of sourcing that's required, by virtue of being a real newspaper article written by somebody other than McCullough himself -- but even that article just namechecks McCullough's existence briefly while not being about him to any non-trivial degree, which means it isn't enough coverage to get him over GNG all by itself if it's the only independent secondary source in the article. As always, notability is not a thing people get to confer on themselves by being the author of their own sources -- it's a thing journalists have to confer on you by writing about you in the third person. Bearcat (talk) 05:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 05:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 05:15, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Apologies for the difficulties this wikipage raises. This is my first time creating a biography page of anyone, let alone a live person, and it is my third wikipage in total so I am not accustomed to these Wikipedia guidelines. I have tried to add a few more third person accounts (there are a handful now), though most of the information on the Wikipage is still not based on these sources, so I while it would be regretful, I would understand if the page is to be deleted. On the side, I would like to ask, if a page is deleted, what exactly will be left of it? Will the fact that it has been deleted still be floating around somewhere in some annal? Or will this nomination and the deletion of the page be archived? Just for curiosity. In addition, this project page is named : "Articles for deletion/J. J. McCullough (2nd nomination) (section)". What does "2nd nomination" mean? Anyways, thank you for the input, and I'll keep this in mind if I ever try to create another biopage of someone else. DieSonneUnsLacht (talk) 19:49, 28 May 2020 (UTC)DieSonneUnsLach (talk) 13:20, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete I don’t know how similar this is to the previously deleted article, but it still lacks RIS and depends on self-created sources. Mccapra (talk) 11:33, 25 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Someone tried to make an article on J.J. before but it got deleted. User:Morty-0 —Preceding undated comment added 22:07, 25 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete a non-notable journalist. We really should go to making all articles go through the Articles for creation process.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:32, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. After a search, the subject appears to be a freelance opinion writer and columnist and an occasional freelance cartoonist. Wide coverage could not be found, and notability has not been shown. Fails to meet WP:GNG and WP:BIO. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 18:37, 28 May 2020 (UTC)


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