Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Russell Johnstone


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The result was soft delete‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 02:51, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Russell Johnstone

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Fails WP:SPORTSCRIT and WP:NOLY. The supplied sources are all primary. LibStar (talk) 00:16, 11 June 2024 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 02:53, 18 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople and Olympics. LibStar (talk) 00:16, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. LibStar (talk) 03:55, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * What's wrong with the Equestrian Life story? BeanieFan11 (talk) 16:26, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Is that a WP:PRIMARY source? A mainstream media source would be better for establishing notability. LibStar (talk) 20:03, 11 June 2024 (UTC)
 * How is it primary? It looks like an independent secondary news outlet devoting a story to him. BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:11, 12 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The only thing I can think of is that there is no author listed (it just says by Equestrian Life), but I agree it appears to be a usable source for notability purposes. Hopefully LibStar can elaborate on what they mean. Let&#39;srun (talk) 14:33, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, I think I see the issue. It appears that it is a paid promotional piece, since at the bottom of the article there is a note which says " This article was written in conjunction with Barastoc". Barastoc is a sponsor of the subject's team. In that case, the article lacks independence. Let&#39;srun (talk) 14:36, 15 June 2024 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete: From what I can tell, the Equestrian Life story is a paid promotional piece. The other source is a database, and I'm not finding anything better to show this subject meets the WP:GNG. BLPs require strong secondary sourcing, and that doesn't appear to be there here. Let&#39;srun (talk) 14:45, 19 June 2024 (UTC)


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