Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pervis Taylor

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 00:01, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pervis Taylor

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This is what appears to be a promotional article, with very questionable sources ranging from blogs to an Amazon listing. Does not appear to pass WP:NAUTHOR, nor WP:MUSICBIO. When conducting a before search, I've had no luck coming up with anything even remotely approaching WP:SIGCOV. Kylemahar902 (talk) 13:02, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Businesspeople, and Texas. Kylemahar902 (talk) 13:02, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Clear paid-for WP:ADMASQ for a non-notable motivational speaker. No pass on any WP:NBIO SNGs, and I only see one source that might be WP:SIGCOV, but it appears non-independent given the promotional material that it includes. (Plus, seen in today's light the headline "From Diddy dreams to transforming teens" is quite unfortunate.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 14:28, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Music, and Health and fitness. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:08, 20 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: The article includes verifiable claims supported by reliable sources. While improvements can always be made, Wikipedia is a work in progress, and deletion should not be the first course of action when an article meets basic inclusion criteria. Additionally, the subject's notability may continue to grow, allowing for further development of the article over time. Emirdy (talk) 08:16, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The reviewer would note that the above user is the paid editor who created this article. Emirdy, could you please point to the reliable sources in this article? Thanks. Kylemahar902 (talk) 10:39, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Admitting that the subject's notability may continue to grow is another way of admitting that this is WP:TOOSOON. (FWIW, this comment reads as WP:AIGENERATED.) Dclemens1971 (talk) 15:55, 25 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Distinctly promotional (though short of being outright spam) & no evidence of satisfying the notability guidelines. Checking references, I found citations to promotional websites, an interview with Taylor, sites selling his books, at least one reference to a page which doesn't even mention him, a dead link ... etc ... Not a single one that I saw went anywhere towards showing notability in Wikipedia's terms. JBW (talk) 13:38, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Cinder painter (talk) 14:38, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. It's becoming clear that while the article has some coverage, as it is right now is WP:TOOSOON and it lacks the widespread secondary and independent coverage that would generally qualify for notability (as others have already pointed out). Emirdy's comment demonstrates WP:CRYSTALBALL. GuardianH 16:32, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Draftify/delete The article should have never been moved to the article space by the COI editor. That alone goes against WP:COIEDIT. – The Grid (talk) 17:11, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per above, clearly promotional per the abysmal references. Madeleine (talk) 21:02, 27 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nomination. the subject still needs to establish notability. Promotional content. Gauravs 51 (talk)

Comment: Because I'm friends of friends with the subject, I won't !vote. I have spoken recently at a Wikimedia event in Brooklyn, ironically since my friend and the subject both live there, about my concerns with the unsolicited offer of paid editing. Bearian (talk) 10:04, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.