Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Blake (American-born journalist)


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The result was delete as endorsed WP:PROD. ansh 666 02:22, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

John Blake (American-born journalist)

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I prodded it with the following rationale: "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing General notability guideline and the more detailed Notability (biographies) requirement. " It was deprodded by User:DGG with the following rationale "evidence that the author or the book might be notable". Well, even if a book he wrote is notable, one notable book is not likely to be enough to establish notability per WP:AUTHOR unless said work was really major (and in that case we would be very likely to get more sources on the author which would make them pass NBIO due to basic coverage), and in general, notability is not inherited. IF his book is notable and someone were to write an article on it, this could be soft deleted by redirecting it there, or even merging, but on its own, I don't see what makes him notable. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 14:58, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:04, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:04, 8 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Maryland-related deletion discussions. Baby miss  fortune 15:05, 8 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete just being a journalist is not enough to show notability. We need reliable coverage of him and his work, which is lacking.John Pack Lambert (talk) 00:47, 16 January 2018 (UTC)


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