Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Willis (comedian)

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 03:25, 18 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Dan Willis (comedian)[edit]

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This article was created by a serial spammer, who has been blocked both in his/her original account and in numerous sockpuppets accounts. In this article, as in several others, he/she made a very good attempt to make it look superficially as though the article was well-sourced, by a well-known technique used by professional spammers, namely packing it with dozens of references, without regard to their quality. However, examination of those references show that they include dead links, pages not mentioning Dan Willis, pages only briefly mentioning him, pages merely announcing or advertising performances, and promotional sites, such as www.comedycv.co.uk, which says "How to put your photo and biog on this website? To put your photo and biog on this website is FREE, yes FREE!" There does not appear to be any reliable independent source giving any substantial coverage anywhere. (A PROD was removed by an IP half of whose edits consist of contesting deletions of articles created by the same spammer.) JamesBWatson (talk) 10:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:52, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 11:53, 31 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michaelzeng7 (talk) 15:10, 7 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 17:50, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Fails notability, SPAM/Advertising. Caffeyw (talk) 18:32, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.