Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark H. Washburn (2nd nomination)


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The result was   delete - Nabla (talk) 14:04, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Mark H. Washburn
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It seems pretty obvious that this was created as an autobiography. Most of the so-called "awards" are awarded to the newspaper. There are absolutely no google hits other than this article. There are no articles that link to this page. Ncpressman, who created this article, has not contributed to nor created any other articles. The username itself seems to indicate a journalist (pressman) from North Carolina (NC)...same as Mark H. Washburn. If anybody thinks this article should be kept, first click on a few of the "award" links and tell me how many of the "award winners" from these lists should have an article. RobDe68 (talk) 09:29, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete, newspaper reporter of no apparent notability. KleenupKrew (talk) 11:17, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: Where are the reliable sources about the subject? Beyond that, this article is jammed with puffery, quite aside from being written in a clumsy, repetitive style that doesn't suggest professional journalism to me.  So Washburn traveled to Iraq in 2005 with a National Guard unit ... just like thousands of other reporters.  So Washburn was on the staff of the Miami Herald when the paper won a Pulitzer ... so were the composition room techs and the cafeteria cashier.    RGTraynor  14:02, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep Well, the Prize was for Public Service in helping the area cope with Hurricane Andrew, and he was the State editor at the time, so he's probably significantly responsible.  DGG (talk) 18:57, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: Err ... do you know that? Or are you just presuming that?    RGTraynor  19:21, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


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