Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Julian Ruck

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The result was delete. J04n(talk page) 10:38, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Julian Ruck

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Autobiography of local vanity self-publisher and gadfly; fails to meet requirements for substantive coverage. Orange Mike | Talk 22:58, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Orange Mike for taking the time to look into this guy, he has built up a substantial online presence, including Wikipedia, to give lazy reporters the idea his opinion is worth getting for articles on Welsh Culture- of which he has some pretty archaic views. He is pretty active on the web, so I expect some more tampering from him soon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crazyhorse185 (talk • contribs) 23:51, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, fails WP:AUTHOR, as evident in search results above. Nomoskedasticity (talk) 04:51, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, Lack of independent sources. All links provided are to blog posted and press releases by the subject or local papers that quote them. Most editing appears to be from same person, potentially the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.186.23.96 (talk) 09:17, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:31, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:31, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete vanity bio lacking in real sources. Local newspaper columnist and self-published author. seems to fail WP:AUTHOR; for all his campaigning, would also seems to fail WP:SOAP. Ohconfucius ^{ping / poke} 17:09, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Non-notable self-published author. Lack of secondary sources establishing sufficient notability. Gamaliel (talk) 18:03, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Strong delete - spectacularly fails WP:AUTHOR. ukexpat (talk) 19:40, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — the subject fails both WP:BASIC requirements and higher thresholds reserved for WP:AUTHORs. JFHJr (㊟) 00:53, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete -- columnist on a local rag; self-published author; campaigner. Nothing to lift him above NN. Peterkingiron (talk) 11:46, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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