Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J Michael Cole


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The result was delete. North America1000 20:02, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

J Michael Cole

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Does not meet WP:GNG, WP:ANYBIO, or WP:JOURNALIST. References 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 are all self-written. In the only 2 independent sources, Ref 5 and 7, He's only mentioned in "works cited". There seems to be some WP:ADVOCACY going on by the page creator, because his other recent articles Brian Hioe (also on AFD) and Michael Turton (also on AFD) are also political bloggers on Taiwan with a certain sociopolitical leaning, and along with this article serve as each other's references and incoming links. Timmyshin (talk) 01:50, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. — Sam Sailor 03:18, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete another in a walled garden of articles on non-notable media figures in Taiwan.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:15, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete per lack of apparent notability, despite over abundance of references, and walled-garden concerns. K.e.coffman (talk) 00:30, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete I don't see any articles about him, just profiles of him as contributor to various publications. Smmurphy(Talk) 15:21, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. This article appears to be self-promotion more than anything else. South Nashua (talk) 15:28, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


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