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Miles Routledge

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This article is an obvious BLP violation. Miles Routledge is only potentially notable for one event. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 21:43, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

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• Delete: subject does not meet the requirements for relevance on Wikipedia. Dellwood546 (talk) 21:47, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
• Draftify: Sources are not currently adequate enough to meet WP:BIO. Subject is only notable for one event and that one event is still transpiring. This is an example of WP:BLP1E, and while I don't foresee additional sources changing that fact, we'll need to wait for more sources and evaluate the article at that point. Otherwise we are crystal balling. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 22:11, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
• Keep: Per WP:BLP1ENOT, BLP1E does not just say BLPs notable for one event get deleted. This just isn't the case: it would be absurd to nominate D.B. Cooper or Trayvon Martin for deletion because they were "only notable for one event". There are multiple criteria that must be met. One of them is that the individual is "low-profile". WP:LOWPROFILE gives five ways to assess this: media attention, promotional activities, appearances and performances, eminence, and behavior pattern/activity level. Specifically, he created more than one thread on 4chan about his travels that featured his photo and real name, and eagerly gave multiple interviews to a variety of news outlets. Per WP:LOWPROFILE, persons who actively seek out media attention are not low-profile, regardless of whether or not they are notable. Regarding sourcing: there are plenty of RS right now, and he's in the middle of getting on a plane; either he makes it out, and does a ton of interviews with every newspaper in the world, or he doesn't, and there are a ton of articles about that. I think that seven days is long enough to find out (and if not, I will draftify it myself). jp×g 22:06, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

Comment: Since it seems like a large number of people are going to read this AfD, and possibly use it to inform their opinions of what Wikipedia editors are like, I'll clarify that I do hope he makes it out, and that later expansion of the article will continue the biography of a living person. jp×g 08:06, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

• Delete: Only notable for one event. WP:BLP1E requires substantial and significant coverage for an individual to overcome this. An article in The Times does not meet that. Solipsism 101 (talk) 23:08, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
• Keep: I second JPxG, also the article has been expanded a fair bit since the first comments were left here, and it should be pretty clear within the next 7 days whether this should be kept or not. Theres definitely enough media coverage now to justify Notability. jonas (talk) 04:01, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

  There's one, maybe two reliable sources significantly covering Routledge. That is not enough media coverage to justify notability. It's probably not even enough coverage to consider this a WP:BLP1E. ––𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗗𝘂𝗱𝗲 talk 04:33, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

• Keep: I second JPxG. He is a well known public figure with 10s of millions of views about his struggle. He is a important cornerstone of this event. This event is big enough, and he is well known enough now, that it should stay. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.110.43.121 (talk • contribs) — 116.110.43.121 (talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Keep: Many articles across multiple languages in the mainstream press regarding him right now and the situation is still developing. I second JPxG regarding the issue of BLP1E. It's very unlikely he'll drop off the face of the earth after this is over, whatever the outcome. 0x004d (talk) 08:21, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
• Keep: Concur with other editors. There are many people notable for just one thing. Miles is still notable and has received widespread media attention. InspectorRage (talk) 09:09, 16 August 2021 (UTC)