Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Travis Marcus

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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 18:54, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Travis Marcus

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This article runs afoul of multiple guidelines. First off it is sourced to one local coverage item. We generally want something more than local coverage, and generally multiple sources. This is especially true when it is human interest coverage. Also as a recipient as opposed to a doctor it is harder to build a case for notability. Then there is the fact that the opening reads "Travis Marcus is the first child ..." yet Marcus was born in 1990, he is 30 years old, he is by no definition a child, so the wording here is horrible. This is a classic example of BLP1E problems, although with 1 source connected with the event I am not even sure we have those. Not every organ transplant recipient is notable, and one source does not make someone so. We are not a newspaper, so not every child who gets a story about them being in the hospital in the newspaper is notable. John Pack Lambert (talk) 12:39, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:BLP1E and nom. The surgeon gets some (sensationalistic) coverage ([1]), but there is no indication whatsoever that the patient warrants an article. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 13:33, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 14:24, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 16:33, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. I'm not sure whether this fails WP:BLP1E as I can't find any information to ascertain whether he's still alive: however, this lack of media coverage makes it clear that he has no enduring notability, so fails WP:NOTNEWS. ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 18:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per WP:BLP1E. Natureium (talk) 19:59, 14 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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