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edit- Paul S. Victor (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails WP:NMUSIC and unreferenced. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 21:58, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Bands and musicians, and United States of America. ARandomName123 (talk)Ping me! 21:58, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete. Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:NOTPROMO. A search yielded nothing in newspaper.com, google books, google scholar, etc. I even checked the Trove newspaper archive at the Australia National Library given the Hillsong Church connection. Nothing there either.4meter4 (talk) 22:26, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Caribbean, Minnesota, and Texas. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:47, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: There is no references, clearly Fails WP:NMUSIC or WP:GNG. Baqi:) (talk) 20:26, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete. Fails WP:SIGCOV and feels largely promotional. MayhemStoppingBy (talk) 22:53, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: per nom. It can be passed of CSD G11. ROY is WAR Talk! 02:52, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: Did my own WP:BEFORE as well and couldn't find anything. Nil🥝 03:41, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete - unsourced WP:BLP. In ordinary times, not a big problem, but nowadays, this is a legal risk. Bearian (talk) 04:09, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- Beckendorff Junior High School (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I have carried out WP:BEFORE for this article about a middle school / junior high school, and cannot find significant coverage in reliable secondary sources to add. The existing three references are to the school's website, to the school's listing at Niche, and to the website of the school district. I do not think this school meets WP:GNG or WP:NSCHOOL. I had redirected the article to Katy, Texas#Middle schools, but that has been reverted by another editor. Tacyarg (talk) 20:58, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Education, Schools, and Texas. Tacyarg (talk) 20:58, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Keep per the sources. --NYC Guru (talk) 22:10, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to Katy, Texas#Middle schools Coverage by the school itself or by the school district is not independent. Only independent coverage is evidence of notability. Niche.com and similar coverage is primarily a repeat of NCES data and survey results. Niche.com reports on every school in America - not selectively reporting on especially notable ones. Happy to reconsider if significant coverage is located. Gab4gab (talk) 23:10, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to Katy, Texas#Middle schools: I also did a BEFORE search during New Page Review and came to the same conclusion as the nominator; while there is some local news coverage, it's routine and/or based on school or district press releases. Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:11, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Richard Benigno (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Appears to have had a very short career and I couldn't find good sources to support notability. Appears to fail WP:GNG. Raskuly (talk) 04:20, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
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- Delete – Per lack of WP:V. Svartner (talk) 04:38, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
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- Delete - no evidence of notability. If sources are found which show significant coverage please ping me. GiantSnowman 09:51, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- HOV Services (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails NCORP, promotional. No reliable independent coverage - listings, puffery portfolio texts, nothing more. Jazzbanditto (talk) 11:10, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
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- Delete: The only coverage is routine reporting from NEWSORGINDIA, which is not independent. Hence, the subject entirely fails to meet WP:ORG. Baqi:) (talk) 14:27, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- 2025 Austin Target shooting (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Point 4 of WP:EVENTCRITERIA - Routine kinds of news events, whether or not tragic or widely reported at the time – are usually not notable. XYZ1233212 (talk) 01:44, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
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- Redirect to History of Target Corporation#Since 2020; I just added a brief paragraph there. This is in accordance with:
- Delete. A news story, not a subject of sustained secondary analysis. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 🛸 04:03, 21 August 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to 2025 in Texas#August. I disagree with A. B.'s proposed redirection and believe that the section dedicated to the shooting in the Target article should be deleted as well. This isn't an instance where a ___location has its own dedicated article, this is an incident that happened at a single Target store among many stores. The El Paso shooting for instance, is mentioned in the Walmart article because the shooting changed company policy. Raskuly (talk) 02:11, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Keep - Per WP:Crime the circumstances of this crime are unusual - suspect claiming to be Jesus and found naked clutching a bible. One of the victim's was transgender so this case is getting discussion in the LGBTQ community and there is criticism of the police for deadnaming & misgendering the victim. I think it is simply too soon to delete the page and perhaps we should wait to see whether on going coverage continues. I believe the unusual circumstances of this shooting make it stand out from other crimes. Inexpiable (talk) 18:19, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Keep per reasons put forward by @Inexpiable. NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 09:54, 24 August 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect per Raskuly. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:04, 25 August 2025 (UTC)
- Stephen Levi Carter (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Restored following the AfD two months ago. I've done a new WP:BEFORE search and still can't find any sources that show WP:GNG or WP:BASIC. His achievements don't meet WP:ANYBIO. References found all seem to be press releases and/or unreliable. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 21:24, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
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- Keep – The subject has significant coverage in independent, reliable sources beyond routine announcements. Examples include VoyageHouston (2017 profile), Click2Houston (2020 news article), Defender Network (multiple features, 2019–2020), and BlackBusiness.com (2019 article). His company’s repeated recognition on the Inc. 5000 list and authorship with ForbesBooks demonstrate notability under WP:GNG and WP:NBIO. Article should be improved, not deleted. SLC1CR (talk) 21:38, 19 August 2025 (UTC)
- Some of these sources were already mentioned in the previous discussion. I'm not sure if the new ones are enough to change consensus. I'll ping the people that reviewed the sources 2 months ago to see if this is now acceptable. @Asamboi:, @Mekomo:, @Oaktree b:, @Mooonswimmer:, @Bearian:, @Gheus: - if the new sources do address the concerns from 2 months ago, I'll withdraw the AfD. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 05:36, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete. Still promotional spam and the sources are still garbage, eg ForbesBooks is a vanity press. The previous article was created by a banned sockpuppet, and User:SLC1CR's editing pattern, which is focused solely on the Carters, is suspiciously similar. Asamboi (talk) 08:25, 20 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete, nothing has changed since the last AFD. Mekomo (talk) 04:10, 23 August 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: and SALT due to repeated creation. This page is WP:ADMASQ. These sources are a mix of trivial mentions, affiliated sources, press releases, and churnalism. I see no evidence of passing WP:GNG and the repeated creation is a clear effort to evade WP:NOTPROMO. Dclemens1971 (talk) 16:20, 26 August 2025 (UTC)
- Dallas Contemporary (via WP:PROD on 3 November 2024)
- KDDM (via WP:PROD on 3 November 2024)