Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russel Erwood


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The result was   delete. Mojo Hand (talk) 03:28, 12 August 2015 (UTC)

Russel Erwood

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WP:BLP1E - being made the "jester" of a small town in Wales is this person's only claim to fame. Coverage in RS is of the soft-news variety, no evidence of lasting or meaningful notability. Fyddlestix (talk) 17:18, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Fyddlestix (talk) 17:19, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Fyddlestix (talk) 17:19, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

I completely disagree with Fyddlestix's argument that the appointment of Russel Erwood as town jester is of little significance. Being appointed the jester of anywhere in the 21st Century has great historical value and is definitely something that should be on Wikipedia. A small internet search turns up news from all over the world including Japan, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and of course the UK. The appointment of Russel Erwood is not to be confused with the myriad of entertainers who call themselves a "jester". This is an official engagement. There has been just one other official appointment of a jester in modern times. And this is the first time a jester has been appointed anywhere in the UK for centuries. According to the articles that cover Russel Erwood's appointment he is currently the only official town jester in Britain. This article is important and should be expanded using the numerous online sources available and not deleted. branwenwales1981 — Preceding undated comment added 15:01, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Perhaps a worthy person, but utterly NN. I assume that he was appointed by the local Community Council (the equivalent of Parish Council in England.  My guess is that the press has picked it up as unusual, but that does not make the appointment or appointee notable.  Peterkingiron (talk) 16:34, 5 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - I believe there has been an ongoing conflict of interests with an editor adding articles and edits regarding Edwryd le Fol and the real person who performs the character. I reverted a number of edits by Rustymagic who added Rosyln Walker as Edwryd le Fol as the jester for Conwy as non notable (see revert 30th Dec 2014). I also believe as I stated on his talk page that Rusty Magic and Roslyn Walker are one and the same person. Now a different named person has been 'inducted' as the first jester in 700 years as the same character. This time we have Russel Erwood as Edwyrd le Fol and another user defending the dubious notability. I may be wrong (and happy to retract this assertion) but it seems more than a coincidence. It leads be to believe that the person/s in question is trying to get around Wikipedia policy. And therefore all such entries / articles should be deleted until this has been resolved. However I am not totally against the inclusion of modern day jesters as long as reasonable notability can be referenced Robynthehode (talk) 14:12, 11 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - a textbook case of WP:BLP1E, there was some buzz all over the world at the time of his appointment, and that was it, "town jester" is a low profile job, and the appointment is not really significant, meets all three conditions of BLP1E. Kraxler (talk) 17:30, 11 August 2015 (UTC)


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