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The result was delete. Daniel (talk) 22:25, 25 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Peter John Watson

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This is still strongly promotional. Over half of the sources provided are by Watson, his publishers, or his blog Atlas & Boots. The "Climb Every Mountain" articles is probably sourced by Watson as well since it's the same article or same verbiage claimed under different "writers". It's a laundry list of name dropping publications contributed to, and not much secondary coverage by any independent sources. Consider WP:IBA AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 18:29, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pinging 78.18.228.191, Mattdaviesfsic, Philoserf. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 18:39, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And the Guardian article is written by his friend/partner? That's hardly neutral. That's a first in AfD, I've not seen an article written by someone with a close connection to the subject. Oaktree b (talk) 04:20, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi s partner is Kia Abdullah, not Anna Derrig. Scratchvideo (talk) 14:44, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The article was written by someone he's hugging and being close with in the photos, and she writes about him in a loving fashion, it's hardly a neutral source, whatever their relationship is or was at the time. Oaktree b (talk) 16:28, 13 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
We're talking about different articles.
> Derrig, Anna (2021-10-22). "Experience: I escaped an Arctic wildfire". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-10-22. Derrig interviews him about his rescue in the Arctic during a wildfire.
> "Buying a house with a white man was instructive and depressing and it taught me about privilege". inews.co.uk. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-02-26. This is just to support "Watson is in a relationship with British author Kia Abdullah." Scratchvideo (talk) 13:15, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

*Strong Delete. If it looks like a duck, waddles like one, and quacks like one then it's likely a dog? No, you got it - a duck! There can be no tolerance for paid articles. It's totally unfair to others. No offense to the subject who is likely reading this, but who also may not be the person in question who created it. This is not personal and by all means, if what is said here is not accurate please provide your feedback and make the case please. JRed176 (talk) 19:33, 11 January 2023 (UTC) WP:SOCKSTRIKE Linguist111 (talk) 19:34, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

— Scratchvideo (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
Wikipedia has UPE sleeper accounts that are many years old (+4 years), but surface to write one article (usually a BLP or CORP), that is made as a fully formatted page (with photos and logos) on their first edit(s), and who then disappear. We should run a bot to look for them as they are mostly UPEs. Larger UPE firms make these accounts. 78.18.228.191 (talk) 22:14, 11 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Can we bite the socks? Oaktree b (talk) 04:15, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
How can two journalists with different names publish the same exact article then, and a third journalist publish a rewrite of the said article? AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 18:28, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  • Chapman, Hannah, ed. (30 October 2020). "Climb every mountain: The Richmond outdoorsman hiking to the top of all 41 peaks in the Yorkshire Dales National Park". Retrieved 2021-02-26 – via Darlington & Stockton Times.
  • Nicoll, Carolyn, ed. (December 2020). "Climb Every Mountain". This Is Y. No. 4. pp. 28–31. Retrieved 2022-10-31 – via issuu.
  • Needham, Jenny, ed. (December 2020). "Climb every mountain". pp. 16–19. Retrieved 2022-10-31 – via Issuu.
The Chapman and Needham articles are identical. They are both signed by Peter Watson's email. The Nicoll article is a paraphrase of the other article plus a Q&A interview with Watson. How is this independently reliable? AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 18:32, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: I put the ed. there for Chapman and Needham since I question them as original authors. Nicoll is the magazine editor though. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 18:33, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Although there are a number of newspapers/magazines mentioned, some of his profiles only show 1 article published. AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 18:37, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is that there is no real SIGCOV by any quality independent RS (and nothing in the quality climbing media), his refs are from his articles as a travel journalist. A UPE article, and where the UPE editor is now working on getting another journalist client a Wikipedia blp also using extensive amounts of refs linked to their own articles, Draft:Lottie Gross. 78.18.228.191 (talk) 01:54, 21 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As previously discussed, the article is not paid for or promotional and I am not a paid editor. Scratchvideo (talk) 15:50, 23 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Linguist111 (talk) 19:30, 18 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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