Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Ross (basketball)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 06:31, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Jonathan Ross (basketball)[edit]

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Fails WP:NSPORT/GNG. Non-notable basketball player - sources appear to be paid-PR/puff pieces.

WP:GAMENAMEing titles [1][2] KH-1 (talk) 06:30, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Sportspeople, Basketball, and Texas. Shellwood (talk) 09:21, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete A puff article for a non-notable individual who fails WP:GNG. Played for a minor college last season where he averaged 2.5 points in 8 games.[3] All the sources are paid-PR/puff pieces. I do remember this article from draft where it was repeatedly rejected for exactly these reasons. Alvaldi (talk) 11:56, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per above. Blatant advertising for a non-notable athlete. ‡ El cid, el campeador ^talk 12:32, 7 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above after looking through the sources. It's feels close to WP:G11 eligible but I'd support a WP:SNOWCLOSE regardless. Skynxnex (talk) 00:04, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This is G11 material, really, but since we are here now, delete, per nom. Java Hurricane 11:58, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Rlendog (talk) 15:44, 8 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
PR sources have been removed from the article Isabel nisa (talk) 01:36, 11 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete as a PR puff-piece. SportsGuy789 (talk) 05:13, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy delete and WP:SALT I draftified this under Jonathan D Ross (draft was CSDed under WP:G11) and this has also been deleted under Jonathan Daniel Ross and Draft:Jonathan Daniel Ross has been speedy deleted 4 different times. The editor who created Jonathan D Ross was also blocked for promotional editing just 4 days before this article was created. Best, GPL93 (talk) 12:13, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In light of this back story, shouldn't a CHECKUSER be opened to see what other accounts and IP addresses are potentially pay-to-play under User:Isabel nisa? SportsGuy789 (talk) 18:56, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I thought about this, but after looking at edit histories I think that it's more likely that the subject/people close to them are hiring freelancers to publish, which is meatpuppetry but harder to prove. Best, GPL93 (talk) 19:51, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gotcha. I guess we'll whack-a-mole any other similar meatpuppets that pop up. SportsGuy789 (talk) 19:57, 12 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: This subject fails all notability guidelines, including WP:GNG. User:Let'srun 00:16, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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