Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shaun Polack


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The result was delete--Ymblanter (talk) 05:34, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

Shaun Polack

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Rejected PROD. However the concerns have not been addressed by the bombardment of references - this driver fails both WP:NSPORT and WP:NMOTORSPORT, and I don't believe he passes WP:GNG either. The claim of being 'CASCAR Rookie of the Year' leaves out the fact that it was the CASCAR Western Series a regional, not-fully-professional series, not the CASCAR Super Series (which would pass WP:NMOTORSPORT), and thus he doesn't pass the sporting notability requirements; looking at the references that were added when the PROD tag was removed, one was a complete duplicate of another, and two more were merely name-drops, which I have removed; of the remaining references, 1 is a name-drop, 2 appears to be a primary source, 3 is a discussion board profile(!), 4 is a wiki, and 5 was summarily rejected at RSN. None of the external links establish notability either. Googling turns up no reliable sources; gNews only turns up a name-drop, while gBooks is zilch. Conclusion: WP:TOOSOON at best. The Bushranger One ping only 00:19, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. The Bushranger One ping only 00:21, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete One of the references given proclaims itself to be a press release, and none of the others does more than include Shaun Polack in a list, or give a few brief biographical details, quite apart from issues about the nature of the sources and whether they are reliable. The only sources I managed to find via Google that clearly refer to thisShaun Polack are such things a Twitter, FaceBook, LinkedIn, MySpace, this Wikipedia article, etc etc: in fact exactly the sort of coverage I would expect to find for someone who is not notable, but has spent a lot of effort trying to create as wide a web presence as possible, including having a Wikipedia article created. (The article was created by an account which shows every sign of being a professional promoter, who has a history of creating numerous unsuitable articles and adding dubious or even downright fake references to give a spurious impression of notability.) JamesBWatson (talk) 10:10, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Note: The article creator has now been indef'd for spamming and socking. - The Bushranger One ping only 21:24, 18 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - No significant coverage in reliable sources. -- Whpq (talk) 19:55, 19 April 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. — Joaquin008  ( talk ) 20:15, 21 April 2013 (UTC)
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