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BF Borgers (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Contested prod without explanation or improvement. Searches did not turn up enough in-depth coverage from independent, reliable sources to support meeting WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:40, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Companies-related deletion discussions. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:40, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Colorado-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:46, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Crime and Finance. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:53, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Ineligible for soft deletion.
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Aaryn Gries (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Only claim to notability is that she made bigoted comments on a reality TV show. WP:BLP1E and possibly other BLP concerns. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 03:58, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep. I created this a redirect to prevent it becoming an article back in 2013, with the edit summary, No article for you, racist. In spite of this, an article was created a couple of months later. Given that the controversy was in 2013, how does the nominator explain the 373,650 pageviews the article has received since July 1, 2015, which is as far back as the Pageviews Analysis tool goes? Abductive (reasoning) 04:20, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Popularity is not the same as notability: see WP:POPULARPAGE — 🌊PacificDepths (talk) 07:22, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Businesspeople, Women, Internet, Colorado, and Texas. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:37, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep admittedly this is my first time seeing this argument so I don't know if my interpretation of it was correct but one of the criteria for it seems to be " if the subjects role in the event isn't documented" and judging by the sourcing that doesn't seem to be the case multiple sources cover the controversy and some of them are years after it which seems to be lasting coverage. That said I'm new to this standard so if my analysis is wrong I'll change my vote Scooby453w (talk)
• Delete as this article per nom meets the WP:BLP1E definition. All of the coverage is about the subject's appearance on the reality show Big Brother and racist comments she made. All sources with WP:SIGCOV are within a narrow time period in 2013. Sources that mention the subject since that time are only in passing. I searched and cannot find any additional sources for the subject other than the ones for this one event. Note page views are not a measure of Wikipedia notability. Nnev66 (talk) 13:41, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I disagree i believe the subject does not meet 2 of the requirements for Wikipedia:BLP1E first she is not "low profile" https://www.instagram.com/aaryn_williams?igsh=MXNkY3g0MThhMHAxYQ== as she has a big following on social media secondley I concede that the sources are all about the racism however I believe it qualifys as "a significant event where the subjects role is well documented" there are dozens of reliable sources covering the bb15 controversy which was a one of the most massive controversies in bb historh and it goes well into detail about her involvement in it Scooby453w (talk) 14:00, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Wikipedia "low profile" means the subject doesn't have independent secondary coverage in reliable sources over time. Instagram followers don't count as high profile for Wikipedia notability although in a more general sense one could make a case for it. I see your point around a "significant event" and different people will see any event's significance differently, which is why the consensus process is used here. Nonetheless, the main basis for my !vote was lack of significant coverage other than in the summer of 2013. I recently stumbled across WP:Why is BFDI not on Wikipedia? which discusses why a very popular YouTube series with billions of views that doesn't have a Wikipedia article - you may find this helpful for understanding policy. Nnev66 (talk) 15:15, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Thanks for the note i will still keep my vote the same (as i view the racism controversy as a significant event) but i wont site social media as a notability thing again Scooby453w (talk) 15:17, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I understand. I've spent about a year participating in AfD discussions and trying to figure out the policies. I'm glad you're here to weigh in and learn about them. Nnev66 (talk) 15:24, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  "Significant event" usually means major historical events. The example at BLP1E is the Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. I don't think being a controversial reality TV star is quite at that level. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 06:21, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: I agree with nom that this is WP:BIO1E and the subject is not lastingly notable beyond the one not-notable event. — 🌊PacificDepths (talk) 06:49, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Big Brother 15 (American season). I agree that WP:BLP1E applies to this article. Significant portions of the "Pageantry and modeling career" and "Personal life" are sourced to Gries's LinkedIn (!) or Big Brother, which still comes up in those sections. A lot of the public reaction to the season has ended up in this article and should be merged into there. hinnk (talk) 10:34, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Selective merge and redirect. Clear BLP1E case, no lasting notability. Astaire (talk) 23:08, 2 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FreeBSD Foundation (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Not notable organisation Old-AgedKid (talk) 14:40, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Redirect Redirect to FreeBSD#Foundation where important info is already included.

Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 23:38, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - this is certainly a notable organization that has coverage in sources. I think this article needs improvement, not deletion. Alexeyevitch^(talk) 13:25, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:19, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Alexeyevitch Can you provide examples of significant coverage? I have found no WP:SIGCOV about the foundation that meets the requirements of WP:NORG. Anything in depth I've found about the foundation relies of heavily on interviews which does not meet requirements for establishing notability under WP:NORG. Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 23:59, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Redirect to FreeBSD#Foundation. All coverage seems to be passing mentions in articles about FreeBSD. MarioGom (talk) 07:16, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph Freeman (Mormon) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Fails WP:NBIO. This person does not appear to be notable except in connection with the 1978 Revelation on Priesthood and the content of this article should therefore be merged into that one. Jbt89 (talk) 23:29, 6 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete: per nomination. Jeffrey Beall (talk) 01:15, 10 April 2025 (UTC).[reply]
• Keep as well as being an elder he served for a time as a LDS bishop and we usually keep articles about bishops of major religions. The article includes references/ notes to reliable newspaper coverage, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 20:23, 11 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment Note that LDS bishops are not the same level of hierarchy in most other christian denominations like catholicism. They are more analogous to priests. I am neutral about this page otherwise.

  Anonrfjwhuikdzz (talk) 01:20, 14 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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• Keep Seems to meet WP:GNG to me due to the sources around him. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 06:27, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as one incident. As Anonrfjwhuikdzz pointed out, bishop in the LDS Church is equivalent to a priest or pastor in most churches. Bearian (talk) 14:44, 15 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: final relist in hopes of generating some further discussion
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• Keep he is as notable as any "member of a discriminated against group that was the first to do something", which we have a lot of on Wikipedia. Also there is a lot of additional, verified, information other than him becoming the first black person to receive the Melchizedek priesthood. Masktapeisawesome (talk) 17:39, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Other than being the first one from a significant group, there is no significant notability. Equivalence is as pointed out by Anonrfjwhuikdzz/mentioned again by Bearian. HilssaMansen19 (talk) 18:43, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, meets WP:GNG. There was nationwide newspaper coverage of him when he became the first Black Mormon priest in 1978, and more coverage in 1979, 1988 and 2003 (including updated bio info), as well as a para and a bit in the book Black and Mormon [1] (pages 3 and 5). I'll try to find time to add sources to the article. RebeccaGreen (talk) 14:14, 3 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  I haven't seen any improvement for four weeks. Ping me if you add sources and think this is HEY-worthy. Bearian (talk) 17:41, 4 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]