Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Laura Thompson (journalist)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 04:54, 15 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Laura Thompson (journalist)

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WP:BLP of an arts journalist, not properly referenced as passing notability criteria for journalists. As always, journalists are not "inherently" notable just for existing, and have to show external validation of their significance: notable journalism awards, third-party coverage and analysis about their work in sources independent of their own employer, and on and so forth. But seven of the eight footnotes here are just her own work metaverifying its own existence (or formerly metaverifying its own existence, because now it's all dead links across the board), and the last one is a MySpace (!), meaning that absolutely none of them represent GNG-building coverage about Laura Thompson.
Again, you don't get a journalist over the bar by citing sources where she's the bylined author of coverage about other things, you get a journalist over the bar by citing sources where she's the written-about subject of coverage authored by other people, and nothing here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt her from having to have that kind of sourcing. Bearcat (talk) 01:19, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Journalism and Canada. Bearcat (talk) 01:19, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. I couldn't find any coverage of the sort that's required for WP:GNG. Jfire (talk) 02:22, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Bands and musicians, Arts, Music, Radio, and Television. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 06:00, 8 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom Mach61 (talk) 06:42, 9 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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