Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A.D. Hopkins

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:37, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A.D. Hopkins

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Imbrifex Books paid an editor to create and edit a slew of promotional articles. One of which was already deleted (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Aaron Reed) This article has the same issues. It exists to promote an Imbrifex Books author and subtly makes it look like it meets WP:AUTHOR with a slew of references. The problem is the bulk of the references are articles written by Hopkins himself and not about Hopkins. The only references that appear to be about Hopkins are two articles about Nevada Press Association honors he received. I don't think those two are enough for WP:AUTHOR. ThaddeusSholto (talk) 19:12, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Journalism, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:16, 20 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 23:57, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete While he won an award, I do not think it is major enough to establish notability. Most of the references that are from reliable sources are the subjects own articles. Best, GPL93 (talk) 11:55, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.