Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joe Vitale (author) (2nd nomination)

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The result was deleted in accordance with WP:CSD#G4 and salted. Although the text in both versions were different, the new version did not address the deficiencies of the old. ~Amatulić (talk) 23:22, 25 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Joe Vitale (author)[edit]

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BLP with sourcing issues - are there any RS at all? Previous editors have questioned this. Now this seems to have been created by WP:COI editor, and several WP:SPAs - see alegation of paid editing at Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard#Bert_Martinez the sourcing should be scrutinised to see if notable against WP:GNG WP:BIO / WP:AUTHOR Widefox; talk 21:32, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Most of the sources either just mention (rather than focus on him), or are publicity appearances (which I'd argue really falls under WP:SELFPUB), or are just not RS at all (I don't know Morty Lefkoe is, but I'm more willing to trust the guy hanging around my nearest convenience store wearing a "legalize it" tee-shirt that doesn't appear to be referring to marijuana, Peter Tosh, or even Jamaica). Ian.thomson (talk) 21:47, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment There's no AfD template on talk about the previous AfD, so I was unaware of the previous AfD closed Delete - this is a recreation of a previously AfD deleted. If deleting, can we salt it pls. Widefox; talk 22:15, 23 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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