Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roland Barrera

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The result was delete. Sam Walton (talk) 00:16, 1 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Roland Barrera[edit]

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Autobiography. Refs (note: they do exist but are inline external links so there is no references section) are predominantly unreliable (facebook, blogs, etc) and notability is not demonstrated. However the real problem with the article is that it is entirely written from a non-neutral point of view: not only is it promotional throughout it appears this individual has a "colourful" past (see "Costa Mesa bar owner liable in $18 million Ponzi scheme") and the article is an attempt to counter that, going so far as to say "Barrera is working to ... expose the perpetrator(s) that have extorted and falsely named him and continue his work as a cultural ambassador" etc. Wikipedia is not a soapbox. Notability concerns aside, there is nothing salvageable here - delete. RichardOSmith (talk) 11:08, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination. What references (i.e. inline links) there are, are largely links to products that he is promoting. I could not find any that resembled a good reference.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:46, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Fails WP:GNG promotional puff piece without a single reliable source. Theroadislong (talk) 17:04, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Article lacks verifiable sources as required for WP:BLP and also fails notability at first glance. Cocoaguy ここがいい 17:39, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Blatant promotion and PoV. No evidence of notability. Maproom (talk) 23:47, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Self-promoting puffery / excuses - No WP:RSs - Arjayay (talk) 12:45, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fashion-related deletion discussions. —Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 02:57, 27 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

DeleteFails WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 01:54, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
'Delete - Clearly not an acceptable article yet, not even minimally. SwisterTwister talk 05:27, 29 December 2015 (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.