Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scott Mallon

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 userfy. per user's request below. Vanjagenije (talk) 11:03, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Mallon

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No indication that this is a notable individual. It doesn't seem like the YouTube account is notable, the book is notable or the acting is. Ricky81682 (talk) 10:37, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Mallon I have links to several hundred articles written by me for the publications I listed and while I admit I am certainly no "notable" superstar, in Southeast Asia I am quite a well known journalist, photographer and YouTube personality who has helped countless viewers of my site. My point is just how notable do I need to be to the people around the world? Please let me know anything you think I can or should do to add to the chance of the biography being included in Wikipedia. Thank you.
I will / can add links to at least some of the articles and photographs and other information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottmallon (talk • contribs)

I've searched google news, books and the web and the most extensive mention I've found is this one. We need evidence for your claim that you are well known for anything. YouTube views aren't sufficient, actual independent webpages or something where someone discusses you is what is required. I'll note the COI issues I didn't mention in the nomination. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 11:20, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Mallon Please take a look at my Wikipedia page now as I added five references which did not include the Internations interview. If need be I'll add another 25. I understand your concern about COI, but If the page is neutral and a statement of verifiable fact, then there should be no COI. Nor am I attempting to use the page to self-promote.

The answer to your question, Scott, is that you need to be noted in independent secondary sources. If you are interested in the notability criteria of journalists (which seems to be the category this page would fit into), see here: WP:JOURNALIST.

As a general rule, it is considered a WP:COI to be editing a page which is about yourself. For one thing, it is quite hard to see objectively whether or not you have enough independent secondary mentions to be considered notable. And it is very hard to write neutrally about yourself. And it appears that this page has been almost entirely written and edited by yourself.

Leaving the WP:COI aside, I'm not seeing anything significant about you which has not been written by you. So I'm going to say delete. My advice to you is to stick to producing your own content and edit other areas of wikipedia. JMWt (talk) 20:00, 4 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Scott Mallon Is it possible to simply put the page as my Userpage? Scott Mallon 06:53, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

@Scottmallon: Yes, I moved the page to User:Scottmallon. But, be sure to read WP:UPYES and to edit the page in accordance to that. If the user page is against that guideline, it may be deleted too. Vanjagenije (talk) 11:05, 5 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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