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The result was delete. 78.26 ( spin me / revolutions) 03:33, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
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I tried to clean this up but major COI and notability issues made this impossible. removing portfolio like would strip 95% of the content from this page - it really seems more like a portfolio being used by the subject, lack of real citations and difficulty of finding new ones, clear not notable Ed6767 ( talk) 21:22, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:55, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
- Delete Extraordinary claims require extraordinary sourcing. If he is really important to the rise of blogging, then we need sources that actually demonstrate that, not just unsourced claims of notability. John Pack Lambert ( talk) 17:54, 15 May 2020 (UTC)
- Delete per nom fails WP:GNG claims are unsourced. Pharaoh of the Wizards ( talk) 19:29, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
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