Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sam Ancliff


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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 00:29, 25 January 2018 (UTC)

Sam Ancliff

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Nominated for deletion due to blatant self-promotion and would-be political posturing. Article was created by the subject, Sam Ancliff, as who is non-notable (see WP:COI, WP:SOAP), initially posting as ActivateUK, then as Sam Ancliff (politician) and now Im Cheating. Fails WP:AUTO, WP:GNG as the (poor) references cited are little more than passing mentions (one being semi-crowd-sourced by university media students), others relating to an organisation Sam Ancliff is involved in Activate (organisation), (see WP:MASK). Sam Ancliff is advertising at LinkedIn for paid media consultancy work at £25,000 p.a. requirement. The prod was challenged by a suspicious new username/SPA established within the hour of template removal. Likely CU needed (now? or in future, this is for posterity), together with the following IP. *Im Cheating worklist SPA indicated *82.24.215.175 worklist SPA indicated *UKPoliticalEdits worklist SPA indicated.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 18:31, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Jack Frost (talk) 19:02, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. Jack Frost (talk) 19:02, 17 January 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete The subject is an unremarkable politician and campaign director. Two of the references used are YouTube videos. Per nom, it appears to be self-promotion. Sorely fails WP:GNG and does not satisfy WP:Politics. -AuthorAuthor (talk) 19:42, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete with WP:SALT. Being campaigns director for an advocacy organization is not a notability pass on Wikipedia, and neither is being an unsuccessful candidate for county council — but the sources here are simply not cutting it for getting him over WP:GNG. YouTube videos don't assist notability, WP:ROUTINE coverage of all the candidates in a county council election doesn't assist their notability, directories of his own writing on the websites of publications he's written for don't assist his notability — and after we discount all of those, the only two sources left are ones that aren't about Ancliff, but merely include him giving quote in an article about some other subject. That is not how you demonstrate a person as notable enough for an encyclopedia article. Bearcat (talk) 22:12, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment I should have additionally shown this permalink with initial CoI declaration mentioning Sam Ancliff (Politician) that was quickly blanked, and the upload details for the portrait File:SamAncliffActivate.jpg would suggest that Sam Ancliff IRL is User:Im Cheating.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 22:52, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge to Activate UK. WP:PRESERVE FloridaArmy (talk) 23:31, 17 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete No notable references. Clear self promotion, little discussion needed imo. -Octopithia (talk) 18:27, 19 January 2018 (GMT)
 * I will pass no comment other than stating I have no direct affiliation to Sam Ancliff, Activate or any association of either. I have an interest in politics in my local community as both the individual and the group was born from my home town. - Im Cheating — Preceding unsigned comment added by Im Cheating (talk • contribs) 02:07, 20 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete -- "Campaign director" is not a level of advancement to presume notability, and there's nothing better. Fails WP:ANYBIO / WP:GNG. Merging BLP content to the org would be undue, so delete is the best option here. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:35, 24 January 2018 (UTC)


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