Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael J. Franklin (CPO)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 01:12, 30 May 2010 (UTC)

Michael J. Franklin (CPO)

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Notability not established, weak sources, possible conflict of interest. Proximity to important persons does not confer notability, and there doesn't appear to be much independent mention, which is appropriate for a man who was "a silent, nameless figure often photographed beside many powerful, well known and famous people from 1985 until 2010". JNW (talk) 21:34, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete the book seems to be privately published as an ebook, and not even included in Amazon, The notability otherwise is extremely borderline. It would probably be a good idea when the career is non-notable to try to delete on that basis, instead of relying of BLP PROD, which must be declined if there are relevant sources, and then requires another procedure.  DGG ( talk ) 22:57, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:38, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. I've previously expressed concerns on the article's talk page that there is an apparent COI. A contributor to the article is User:Judson012, whose username is, coincidentally, similar to the middle name of the subject. Even more coincidental is that the draft for this article is at User:Judson012. The major contributor to the article is User:Haverly999, who has edited User:Judson012. All of the edits by both editors have been related to this article, yet there is no discussion between the two editors, indicating that there is some pre-existing relationship between them. This belief is strengthened by the fact that Judson012 has signed at least one post on another page as Haverly999, indicating some sockpuppetry. The page appears to be purely self-promotion of a non-notable individual. --AussieLegend (talk) 00:34, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom and AussieLegend - Poss WP:CSD. Codf1977 (talk) 07:58, 24 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per DGG. This is a BLP of a NN bodyguard, with very weak sourcing. Bearian (talk) 20:48, 25 May 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.