Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Wright (critic)


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:49, 4 July 2016 (UTC)

Matthew Wright (critic)

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Article about a British critic and writer who has published an un-authorized biography about Seasick Steve, but apart from that seems to be utterly non-notable by Wikipedia's standards, created by a user with a probable conflict of interest, considering that their only contributions to Wikipedia apart from creating this article are adding material about the biography, and the subject of this article, on Seasick Steve, in obvious attempts to promote the biography (see also Special:Contributions/THPB91 and Special:Contributions/109.155.33.106). None of the sources given is about the subject of this article, instead the first one is only a link to the publisher, confirming that the biography exists, and all the others about Seasick Steve, leaving nothing to confirm any notability for the subject of this article, Matthew Wright. Thomas.W talk 18:48, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
 * In this edit on their talk page the creator of this article in effect admits being the subject of the article, making it a promotional autobiography... Thomas.W talk 11:33, 30 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete - no evidence of notability. GiantSnowman 20:47, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:43, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:43, 27 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Leave It's a perfectly valid page about a noted arts critic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.155.33.106 (talk) 08:24, 27 June 2016 (UTC)  — 109.155.33.106 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Delete per WP:BASIC with no in-depth secondary sources about Wright. No suggestion that Wright meets WP:AUTHOR. --McGeddon (talk) 09:00, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - borderline promotional of non-notable critic, and probable COI (that's just my opinion). Deb (talk) 10:37, 27 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment: There are some Dutch sources from around the same 1-2 day period, but not much beyond that from what I can see. Searching for just his name is difficult, as he shares his name with several other people in the same profession. Offhand this might at most merit a 1-2 sentence mention in the main article for the performer, but that's kind of debatable given the type of claims in the book and the fact that we only have 4 sources. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)  09:19, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * The warnings given at the top of this page are all now inaccurate. There is plenty of independent and reputable European coverage of the subject, and the biography. The page is only an orphan because the link from the Seasick Steve page has incorrectly been removed. Were the Seasick Steve page created by Steve's own PR team, it could hardly be less accurate, though the publication of true information seems to be low on everyone's list round here. HoboLow (talk) 15:24, 30 June 2016 (UTC)
 * — Note to closing admin: HoboLow (talk • contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this XfD.


 * All sources now in the article are about Seasick Steve and the book, not about the subject of the article, and thus don't support any notability (by Wikipedia's standards) for Matthew Wright (which as a minimum requires "in-depth coverage in multiple reliable sources independent of the subject"). Thomas.W talk 15:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC)


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