Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Downie


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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 07:13, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Richard Downie

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A biography that is basically all WP:SYNTH and reads like it was set up solely to disparage the subject. However, that aside, I do not see the subject even meeting notability as there is no significant coverage in reliable sources. Seems his claim of notability was working at an agency that came under scrutiny for someone else they employed. CNMall41 (talk) 00:24, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete as proposed. There is a lot of SYNTH going on to create an appearance of notability, not reflected in the passing mentions in the sources. This is a relatively low level military person (highest rank being colonel), who wrote one fairly thin academic book, of limited impact. Doesn't meet WP:NPROF; doesn't meet WP:MILPEOPLE.  - WPGA2345 -  ☛   01:48, 1 December 2018 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom and per WPGA2345. This is basically a WP:COATRACK article, and there's no evidence that Mr Downie meets WP:BIO. WP:ONEEVENT also applies. Nick-D (talk) 01:31, 2 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete. Sources do not hold up notability. Hyperbolick (talk) 00:29, 7 December 2018 (UTC)


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