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The result was keep.
✗plicit 12:29, 16 June 2022 (UTC)reply
The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing
Wikipedia:General notability guideline nor the more detailed
Wikipedia:Notability (biographies) requirement.
WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. As far as I can tell, the most in-depth, reliable coverage is
this article The Telegraph about, errr, "Tom Parker Bowles talks posh pork scratchings". Pretty much everything here is referenced from passing mentions (
WP:SIGCOV fail), or sources published by him. The strongest claim to fame is that "in 2010, won the
Guild of Food Writers 2010 award for his writings on British food" (
verified). Is this enough to keep this? Seems rather borderline. Let's discuss. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here 10:09, 9 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Delete. Is there any reason for him to be considered notable apart from having a famous mother? While we're at it we may want to reflect on whether his sister,
Laura Lopes, is notable.
Athel cb (
talk) 11:03, 9 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep; his cook-books sell widely and have been independently reviewed; two were reviewed in New York Times, here's the ref for the Fortnum and Mason one:
[1]. He was interviewed by a staff writer for the Guardian
[2] and although this is an interview, and therefore difficult to use factually, the fact he got chosen for an interview indicates some level of notability (the Guardian are rather selective in their interview subjects). Cosmopolitan have written about him
[3]. He's got himself in a meet-the-author in Readers Digest
[4], and he was invited to take part in the Edinburgh Book Festival. This, together with the success of his cookery books, I think meets the target for a notable author.
Elemimele (
talk) 16:20, 9 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. Appears to be plenty of coverage. Easily meets
WP:GNG. --
Necrothesp (
talk) 10:08, 10 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. There is plenty of coverage in independent reliable sources directly about the subject. For instance,
[5], and
[6],
[7]. While I personally find this sort of reporting by Britain's media to be pretty fawning, coverage of Mr. Parker Bowles easily meets
the basic criteria of notability for people.
Fiachra10003 (
talk) 22:35, 11 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep for all the reasons given by others. Tidy up discussion. --
Bduke (
talk) 01:01, 12 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep There is zero reason to delete this article on a notable person. Keep, keep, keep.
Utahredrock (
talk) 04:43, 13 June 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep - @
User:Piotrus, I believe you made a mistake. The sources cited above, and the food award you noticed yourself, likely make him notable. - GizzyCatBella🍁 19:45, 13 June 2022 (UTC)reply
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