Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Johnson (sports administrator)

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The result was speedy keep. Missvain (talk) 21:26, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

James Johnson (sports administrator)

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Football executive who fails GNG and NFOOTY. Majority of media mentions of him are trivial or passing at best. The article is basically a resume. BlameRuiner (talk) 18:56, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Comment I see nothing special here for the article to be kept. It reads like a CV and not like a bio. Govvy (talk) 20:33, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - there's decent coverage out there, including this, and plenty of coverage about his appointment from across the globe that goes beyond NOTNEWS. It needs improving, not deleting. Giant Snowman 22:00, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The head of the governing body of a sport in a major country is generally notable. Plenty of sourcing. It's a normal biography, not a "resume". -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:15, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - plenty of reliable sources out there establishing his notability, and as Necrothesp says, the head of a governing body of sport in a country is usually notable. This does not fall into the category of advertisement or resume. Should not have been brought to AfD (and WP:NOTCLEANUP should be compulsory reading). Deus et lex (talk) 11:08, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- It was actually originally prodded! Another example, I'm afraid, of how prodding is being misused on articles that are clearly not uncontroversial deletions. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and close: I am surprised to find how people are editing the pages from a long time and clear example of editors misusing editing powers. This executive is blindly notable however deleting editor cannot find it, he first prodded it, then he again raised AFD. I will suggest him to first Google about pages and then raise AFD after detailed search, it will help a lot. He seems to be active and really his previous prodded pages needs to be re-evaluated. 2001:8003:4030:7E00:E835:4BBC:551B:EA63 (talk) 16:25, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - this passes WP:BASIC even just from the sources in the article Spiderone 19:32, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep passes WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 20:12, 3 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - passes WP:GNG as per current sourcing, and a cursory WP:BEFORE.Onel5969 ^{TT me} 16:29, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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