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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 02:19, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Julian Smith (YouTuber) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)

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No reliable, independent sources. I Googled and found one source that was using him as a case study, but nothing else; one source is not enough to meet the general notability guideline. By the way, there have been previous discussions about Smith at the title Julian Smith (director) (Discussions here and here. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 03:25, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - subject lacks notability, one source is not enough. The article is far too promotional as well. Meatsgains (talk) 03:46, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - agree with Meatsgains. There was not a single reliable source anywhere on the article and it was quite promo. Between he and I, multiple BLP violations removed leaving virtually nothing in the article. The name switch, making this the 3rd AfD is more than a little troubling. Hopeing the admin that closes this brings his salt shaker. John from Idegon (talk) 03:55, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete on notability grounds. The cleaned version now has no references at all and would qualify for a sticky prod. The full version before trimming had 14 distinct references consisting of a google search, a Soundcloud interview, 11 YouTube videos, and a YouTube user profile. Not exactly reliable sources. Unless Wikipedia accepts high counts for YouTube subscribers and views as evidence of notability there's nothing in the article to show notability, and I can't find anything online about him that isn't just more social media. I think that for this to pass notability we would need multiple reliable sources discussing the subject and his YouTube career. Meters (talk) 05:10, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Needs work, but I managed to find more than one source on this guy. This might help. Thanks --TheDomain (talk) 06:35, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - Thanks for your digging, but only the USA Today is a reiable source, and none were the discussion in detail that is required to show notability. John from Idegon (talk) 06:42, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 08:14, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. GSS (talk) 08:14, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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