Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/C. J. Grisham

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The result was delete. Sandstein 22:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

C. J. Grisham[edit]

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Any notability Grisham may have is primarily from events he himself has staged to get his name in the news. Grisham is a non-notable publicity seeker. The Grisham page was obviously created by Grisham to increase his public profile.

Grisham is not notable as a military figure.

The Military history/Notability guide lists eight criteria, anyone of which makes a person eligible, Grisham does not satisfy any requirement. There were 2462 Bronze Stars with Valor awarded during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

His “political career” is not notable. He announced a run for State Senate and then dropped out before the primary. He ran for Texas State Representative and came in third of three. He has not held public office.

Grisham is not a significant influencer he has only 725 followers on Twitter. He does not wield influence outside a small circle of people. When he tweets something there are rarely any likes or retweets.
8 of the references are from the Temple Daily Telegram which on it’s best day has a circulation of less than 20,000. Only two different reporters wrote those 8 articles.
Reference #2 and #4 are from the same Army Times article using information provided by Grisham.
Reference #5 is from Grisham’s own blog.
Reference #25 is an opinion piece from an unknown blogger.
2 references are the Army Times and 1 from Stars and Stripes, both are trade publications with a limited readership.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.23.164.117 (talk) 17:18, 15 March 2018‎ (UTC)[reply]

Procedural nomination for IP based on the statement on their user talk page. ~ GB fan 17:28, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 18:30, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 18:30, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Doesn't meet WP:SOLDIER or WP:GNG. The second fails because he's a just an unsuccessful political candidate and because bloggers are a dime a dozen. Observation: Grisham never claimed to be an infantryman, but he's wearing a CIB in his photo; curious, that. Fails WP:RS?--Georgia Army Vet Contribs Talk 19:52, 15 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nothing amounts to notability. He is a low level publicity seeker, who has been trounced in multiple state legislative elections. This is not the things notability is made of.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:27, 16 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails W:SOLDIER and WP:POLITICIAN. Barring exceptional circumstances, you have to get elected to be presumed notable as a politician. Willing to entertain arguments about the Army Times and Stars and Stripes. Hawkeye7 (discuss) 06:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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