Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Maurice Novoa

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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 01:17, 29 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Maurice Novoa[edit]

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Quite simply this person doesn't appear to be notable. The entire article reads as a puff/promotional piece. All the sources appear to be unreliable, most are sourced to the "Latin Australian Times", what appears to be a local community newsletter of the type that will publish any story about their community. A short lived paper with almost no presence and nobody else talking about them. Searching for this person through reliable news sources isn't turning up anything. I will note the person appears to be adept at self-promotion, and there are some definite puff pieces out there, but nothing that establishes his notability in any real reliable source. He once appeared as a supporting role in a minor soap opera for 1 episode, that's not a claim to actor fame. I just can't find any reliable third party, not connected, sources that help establish notability here. Canterbury Tail talk 13:48, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sportspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:52, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Martial arts-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:52, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:52, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Uruguay-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:51, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the well reasoned nomination of the nominator.John Pack Lambert (talk) 14:51, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Nothing much there to source. Nominator makes a compelling argument and after conducting a WP:BEFORE search myself the same conclusion is met. Fails WP:N. On a side note: Our "local newsletter" was discussing the continued growth of a new baby moose, born last May, and the traffic jam caused by herding caribou. They held up three snowmobiles for 45 minutes. Can I write an article on that? --ARose Wolf 18:33, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per Nom and the comical but very true comments of ARoseWolf. There is nothing of encyclopedia notability about a 7th level master of the Chinese martial arts, not considered "renowned such as being inducted into the Martial Arts Hall of Fame", that is charitable with a sketchy work history. This is why "plenty of sources" (12 on the article with 7 from Latin Australian Times) does not mean the sources advance notability. -- Otr500 (talk) 18:08, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete He doesn't meet the notability criteria for actors or martial artists and I don't believe the coverage is sufficient to meet WP:GNG. Papaursa (talk) 20:49, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete due to undisclosed conflict of interest, lack of any quantifiable accomplishments, that this is a resume, and because it's spam. In 2008, I could have assumed good faith, but in 2021, everybody knows Wikipedia forbids this sort of page. Bearian (talk) 16:43, 26 January 2021 (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.