Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Sutcliffe (Ottawa)

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The result was delete. & friendly reminder to not bite the newcomers. Also a redirect to the mention at Ottawa Business Journal might have worked. czar 21:54, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Sutcliffe (Ottawa)[edit]

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Minimally sourced WP:BLP of a person notable only as a local radio host on a single local radio station, and founder of a local interest magazine. There's no indication given here of notability to the rest of Canada or the world, and not enough sourcing to demonstrate that he passes WP:GNG -- and of the three sources here, one is not coverage about him, but a directory of content for which he was the bylined author, not the subject. And for added bonus, it's in the same newspaper that the other two citations are coming from -- which means he's a direct contributor to the only publication that's actually been cited for sourcing, thus making it not independent of him. As always, a person is not automatically entitled to a Wikipedia article just because he can be nominally verified as existing -- but nothing here demonstrates a strong enough claim of notability, or sufficient sourcing, to earn him one. Bearcat (talk) 14:51, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:55, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:55, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ontario-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 14:55, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Radio-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:01, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:02, 7 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Linguist ^talk|contribs 07:43, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails GNG. "He exists" is not enough to be in encyclopedia, a common failure for articles by the (now banned) creator. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:42, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I have made several edits to this page to bring it up to Wiki standards. Please do not delete—I request a review and acceptance. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Struttinmystuff (talk • contribs) 14:10, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

— Struttinmystuff (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

What you failed to do is to improve the sourcing: you added a blurb in a media trade magazine which covers an announcement about the company but fails to even mention Sutcliffe's name at all, a piece of the Ottawa Business Journal's own self-published coverage about itself, an "our staff" profile on the website of an organization he's directly involved with, and a press release from the city government. None of those sources bolster notability per WP:GNG at all, because every single one of them is not substantive, not independent of him, and/or not a reliable source media outlet at all. But again, a person gets a Wikipedia article if the sourcing is up to scratch, and is not automatically entitled to have one just because he exists. Also, while I can't prove anything outright, I strongly suspect that you have a conflict of interest and need to familiarize yourself with our rules around that.Bearcat (talk) 16:43, 21 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 01:34, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- an unremarkable individual of minor, local-only significance. A tribute page probably written by someone with a close connection to the subject. No value to the project, so delete. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:09, 25 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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