Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael S. Moates

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The result was delete. So Why 07:33, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Michael S. Moates[edit]

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Non-notable individual lacking in-depth, non-trivial support. Reference are quick quotes, Facebook, or examples of articles. reddogsix (talk) 14:46, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:07, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Texas-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 15:07, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Nothing here constitutes an automatic pass of any subject-specific inclusion standard, and exactly zero of the sources present in the article are about him — all five are about somebody else, and merely embed a single tweet from him about that other person, and that's before you even rip the Breitbart source out of the article because holy hell to the never. A journalist gets a Wikipedia article by being the subject of reliable source coverage in media, not by tweeting his own opinions on things into a self-published notability — so nothing written or sourced here gets him a Wikipedia article as of today. As always, no prejudice against recreation in the future if and when he has a stronger notability claim and better sourcing for it. Bearcat (talk) 03:19, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete no WP:SIGCOV in the sources provided, just passing mentions. DrStrauss talk 16:44, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I did give it the old college try. Searched his name with likely keywords. Looked into the publication he writes for, The Narrative Times, as minor webzine of no notability that I could discover. sources on the page are not WP:SIGCOV. Frankly this looks like mere PROMO.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:44, 31 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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