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The result was delete. Tone 20:33, 15 March 2020 (UTC)reply
non notable person, sourced to hyper local sources, patently unreliable/fake news sources and the only actual coverage is
WP:BLP1E for the billboard.
Praxidicae (
talk) 11:20, 8 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete There are *A LOT* of sources, but I don't see that any of them constitute notability. The billboard stunt made news, but the stories were about the stunt, not him. The other details -- about his youth sports experience, Facebook posts, etc. -- all add sources, but don't appear to support a claim of notability.
Alansohn (
talk) 12:48, 8 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Delete - likely
paid-for spam given the refbombing. No comment on a repost speedy deletion.
MER-C 14:32, 8 March 2020 (UTC)reply
Comment seems like part of the
Florida shuffle drug rehab cycle, maybe proponent/profiteer, not sure, but maybe better cast.
Delete: This is proof just "having plenty of sources" does not advance
notability and that an article can be sourced, implying notability, while landing in the middle of
What Wikipedia is not. If a subject is not notable then no amount of
"stacked on sourcing will make it more notable". This is certainly true when source titles like "New Jersey brothers rent billboard to prank dad on birthday" are evident and certainly if many sources are
promotional, giving the article a clear advertising tone. Many people world-wide would be considered "Addiction Recovery Advocate's", there are too many "Entrepreneur's" in the world, and a surplus of internet personality's (content creator) to try to make inclusion to include "the whole world". A source indicates the subject was an "insurance agent" that kicked the habit, with an in between
co-founding of an insurance company and starting a rehab business, but there are many thousands of such inspiring stories which do not rise to deserving an encyclopedia article. The billboard stunt dominates sources that is a "birthday stunt", posted on
facebook. The
temporary "fame" of the billboard stunt coupled with employment of prdistribution.com. to facilitate a "marketing" strategy, along with clear
general news reporting is good promotion but also does not translate to encyclopedia notability.
Otr500 (
talk) 06:57, 12 March 2020 (UTC)reply
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