Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul M. Leonard

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The result was delete. — Mr. Stradivarius ^{♪ talk ♪} 13:55, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Paul M. Leonard[edit]

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No apparent reliable sources to show notability John from Idegon (talk) 04:22, 11 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Strong Keep - Sources seem to establish notability IMO. Also appears to meet WP:Notability (people)#Creative professionals category 3.Paavo273 (talk) 01:35, 13 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —Tom Morris (talk) 06:47, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

*Weak keep. The sources are literally external link sources (IMDB and the NYT movie database). With better sources, even simply one, his claim-to-fame work on Galactica would be notable enough. The Emmy noms cement that. — Wylie pedia 16:12, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Fails ~~most~~ all reasons for keeping. — Wylie pedia 15:17, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 13:44, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This article sounds like blatant WP:PROMOTION, and certainly would need to be rewritten if kept. It appears that User:APFChange, the page creater and central contributor, has posted the same bio on IMDb as well [1], which isn't allowed under WP licensing terms and is a clear WP:COPYVIO. It looks like the account is a WP:SPA unfortunately. Off topic, but it also appears the name stands for A Passion to Change LLC, which is a company that offers social media services. It is possible this editor has a WP:COI. As for the Emmy claim, you can see on IMDb that none of the awards lists Leonard as a recipient, so unless someone can show otherwise, those awards don't demonstrate any notability for Leonard. It is original research to claim that it was Leonard's work that led to the awards. Finally, "co-producing" is not the same as "creating" or helping to create a TV series. Therefore, he doesn't meet WP:FILMMAKER. Absent addition sources (of which I could find none after searching), I don't believe he meets WP:GNG or WP:BIO. mikeman67 (talk) 21:39, 2 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. As it stands, I agree with Mikeman67's analysis: the subject did not receive any of those Emmy nominations nor are any other award noms or wins shown at IMDb, and so far there's insufficient reliable source coverage. Here's an interview article about him from the Moody College of Communication at the University of Texas [2]; however, while we often use alumni publication articles like that for factual information, we don't usually accept them to show notability. Here's a brief mention in Entertainment Weekly of him as a member of a Comic-Con panel about Battlestar Galactica.[3] If better reliable sources can be produced I'm open to changing my !vote. --Arxiloxos (talk) 00:20, 3 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Hello all, This is APFC Director of Business Services, I want to thank you all for any and all help you have given so far, The gentleman that you all have been dealing with has since left the company, As a official rep I want to thank you all and apologies for his actions, we as a company never have done wikipedia pages, this was a asked favor. Which we now see is not something we should be dealing with. So please do not let the poor judgement of one of our ex-employees reflect the same views and attitude of our company. -- A Passion For Change LLC (talk) 04:16, 3 March 2014 (UTC) Director of Business Services for APFC[reply]

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