Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nahshon Dion Anderson

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The result was delete. PhantomSteve/talk¦contribs\ 10:31, 5 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nahshon Dion Anderson

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This article was created by a now-blocked editor with a pretty questionable history of promotional editing (the photo added, in turn, by another such editor), suggesting promotional editing has been integral to the creation and maintenance of this article. The biography is a good example of a BLP that outwardly contains copious references that disguise the questionable notability of the subject. Taking the references in the article as they stand:

There's no evidence any of the awards, grants, and fellowships convey notability. None of them are prestigious national honors if we were evaluating via WP:ACADEMIC or WP:ARTIST; the closest probably being the Lambda residency and VONA pick, but even there she is one of many selected annually (more than sixty in her year), and doesn't indicate a singular honor.
- Likewise, evaluating via WP:ARTIST, the article does not demonstrate notability via established, demonstrated contributions to a field or critical body of work (they have only contributed to books, none apparently published with them as the sole or main author.)
What's left is evaluating via the GNG. Most of the sources do not meet the significance threshold required, leaving only a single source where Anderson is the main subject, a Rolling Out interview. I don't really think this meets the reliable source threshold; I cannot find any readily available masthead or staff on its site, and it appears the founder/publisher is an author, so it comes off as more a blog than anything else (the "Steed Media Group" that publishes it is apparently just the founder.) A query to WP:RS/N suggests agreement that it doesn't meet RS requirements.

I'm left with the opinion this is a promotional biography of an artist who has not gained enough coverage to merit inclusion on Wikipedia. There's also issues with references being used that don't appear to support the text (In 2001 she moved to Fort Greene and worked for The Bachelor Pad and Trace (magazine) on The Black Girls Rock issue is cited to [1], Starting in 2002, Anderson spent over a decade honing her seduction and copywriting skills as a sex worker soliciting clients by advertising erotic massage in the LA XPress newspaper and on Eros, Craigslist and Backpage. is cited to [2], neither appear to mention Anderson.) Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 13:11, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete a non-notable writer.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:18, 21 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The article subject left a comment here with a couple of extra sources. One, the LA Times source, is a passing mention of no use for wikipedia and can be ignored. The Denver Voice source appears to be a solid, in-depth article, but from a newspaper dedicated to helping homeless in Denver. It appears to have a small editorial staff, but I don't think it even qualifies as a small regional source. The other source mentioned is Bronx Times - it's a short but decent article on Shooting Range. The question is the nature of the source - again, at best it appears to be a small regional source. All-in-all, three sources mentioned and one is maybe useful here. Undecided at this point. Ravensfire (talk) 22:57, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Further general comment - there has definitely been some promotional edits around this article, as David Fuchs noted. See [3], [4], [5] as examples. There have absolutely been clear efforts to use Wikipedia as a means to promote Anderson. Ravensfire (talk) 23:05, 23 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Would like more discussion about the sources found by Ravensfire
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 19:34, 28 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(I didn't include the Bronx Times or Denver Voice sources as worthy of mentioning because as Ravensfire points out one is a local source and the other is likewise a local advocacy source. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 17:55, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Comment This article published by Fergus Falls Daily Journal was never mentioned www.fergusfallsjournal.com/lifestyle/springboard-for-the-arts-welcomes-writer-to-residency/article_b5b7ca7b-8dce-5ffd-b056-fc05898259c1.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shootingrange78 (talk • contribs) 20:30, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete based on the analysis from Fuchs, and further analysis of sources provided by Shootingrange78 which were very niche or very small, local circulation, which doesn't support help support WP:GNG. It's just not there. Ravensfire (talk) 20:50, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This is The Advocate a national magazine February 2000.

https://books.google.com/books?id=smMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=advocate+Nahshon+Dion+Anderson+2000+rose+parade+arrested&source=bl&ots=Tvz2u5N0Wf&sig=ACfU3U2r4-HK5tcVzSa6Sopsp1YXiDiKxg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiti_rZoMfiAhVOhOAKHUknCWkQ6AEwCXoECAwQAQ#v=onepage&q=advocate%20Nahshon%20Dion%20Anderson%202000%20rose%20parade%20arrested&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shootingrange78 (talk • contribs) 20:53, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Again, it's a passing mention. Again, what's needed is significant coverage from a good reliable source - not fringe, not small coverage, not an interview. See the points the Fuchs made in their analysis and just as importantly, read the Wikipedia policy pages linked to in that analysis. Ravensfire (talk) 22:27, 30 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete - she has had some publicity over the years. I'm a fan of the Bronx Museum, but I'm not sure it's considered a major collection. Is there a possible redirect target? Bearian (talk) 18:12, 2 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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