Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/F. Michael Watson

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The result was delete. Ad Orientem (talk) 00:54, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

F. Michael Watson[edit]

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This subject does not meet WP:BASIC. Source searches are providing very little coverage in independent, reliable sources, and no significant coverage in said sources appears to exist. The one independent source in the article only provides a three-sentence mention of the subject, which is not significant in depth, and the rest of the sources in the article are primary, which do not establish notability. Furthermore, from source searching, sources that provide quotations from the subject's speeches without almost any other information are primary in nature, and do not establish notability. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:15, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:16, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:16, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:16, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vanamonde (Talk) 03:49, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The only coverage I can find independent of the religious organization he serves is this reprint of a church press release in the Cook Islands News. WP:BIO requires significant coverage from multiple independent sources. There's an argument that even the reprint doesn't rise to significance, since the Cook Islands have a population of 17,000—imagine trying to establish notability based on a single article in the local paper of Gretna, Louisiana. Lagrange 613 11:09, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Can't find references outside of LDS church sources. Britishfinance (talk) 21:30, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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