Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Derbyshire


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 16:22, 28 July 2013 (UTC)

Jonathan Derbyshire

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Non-notable. No indication why he's notable – this could describe any journalist/writer who's been in journalism for a while. Now everyone even the most humble blogger has their own web site and biographies on sites they write for; this does not make them notable. JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 17:42, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete The article has an impressive-looking list of references. However, these "references " mainly excel in obfuscation: all that is given is the name of the source, not the title, not the author, nothing else. If one actually makes the effort to go look at them, you will see, for example, that the New Statesman never wrote anythnig about Derbyshire, but just posted a list of articles that he published. Publishing is what journalists do, it doesn't make them notable. Given the absence of reliable sources about this person, this misses WP:NBIO and WP:GNG. --Randykitty (talk) 18:16, 21 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:31, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete -- It may be well-sourced, but that does not prevent his being NN. Peterkingiron (talk) 13:01, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
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