Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Downes


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The result was delete. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 00:41, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Jonathan Downes

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Jonathan Downes wrote his own Wikipedia article for promotion purposes. The article suffered for years with original research and unsourced content. Downes also created a Wikipedia article for the institute he runs the Centre for Fortean Zoology. There is a serious lack of independent reliable sources that mention Jonathan Downes or his work in any in depth coverage. I believe the Jonathan Downes article should be deleted and redirected to the Centre for Fortean Zoology article which he is best known for. There is some minor coverage of Centre for Fortean Zoology but not enough for a stand alone article for Jonathan Downes. Psychologist Guy (talk) 01:08, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:28, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:28, 23 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 11:28, 23 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete - From WikiProject Paranormal link - Wow what an interesting person (I had not heard of him before)- I was reading through and thinking - this guy deserves a Wikipedia page. Then got to the citations and was surprised to see how sparse they are. If this is the best of the citations then this is a clear delete. Reading this AfD I see that Psychologist Guy says that Downes wrote the page himself. No wonder it looks so good. Tempted to ask Downes to write some pages I know are notable but just haven't gotten to writing yet. But in the meantime - this is a delete vote. Merging with the Zoology page? Well that seems a better fit. Sgerbic (talk) 20:29, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Clearly non-notable, no need to redirect. &#58;bloodofox: (talk) 02:58, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Sources are not adequate for notability. Xxanthippe (talk) 03:35, 29 March 2021 (UTC).
 * Delete Doesn't seem to rise to the bar of WP:AUTHOR or any other applicable guideline. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 15:17, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete Per all the above, plus WP:FRIND. A redirect is not needed. JoJo Anthrax (talk) 15:51, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable  Devoke  water  19:20, 29 March 2021 (UTC)


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