Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Josh Simmons

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 speedy delete. As Binksternet points out, this appears to be a hoax. v/r - T P 19:14, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Josh Simmons

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I don't believe that a child winning "student of the year" from an academic examination body is enough to warrant a full article on Wikipedia. I would argue that this is nothing more than a puff piece and should be deleted. Bob Re-born (talk) 15:00, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Delete WP:1E. He's not listed on the award site's webpage. Seems he received a separate award given by his diploma sponsor, Deloitte. --Whoosit ^(stalk) 15:57, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A group of SPAs. Left here for review by the closing admin and anyone else interested, hatted for readability of the AfD.--v/r - T P 19:01, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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I do not agree with this. Josh accepted this award and has had some major publicity as a result of this. this page is here to help people who would like to find out more information about him. I have had several friends who would like to find out more and as a result i shall be sending them links to this particular wikipedia page. Josh should be very proud of him self for getting this honour of getting this award. and to your comment about the award it self, the presentation and other parts of the ceremony have been captured in writing by magazines, newspapers and online blogs as well as on video. I think that this is the way that I post a comment on here as I am very new to this. Sorry if it is wrong.— Callumpaul40 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 16:15, 6 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

I do not agree with this deletion request either. On Wikipedia, you see some weird articles about people who have made one nice paining, won one rugby game for their local school or something similar. This young man, granted, I had never heard of him, but after reading this article I believe he is notable enough to have an article, which I found highly informative. I see no reason to delete it. He has obviously won more than one award.— 212.139.82.161 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:02, 6 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

I would argue that this article should not be deleted. I agree with the above user that I found this article told me a lot about this person, and I believe it does warrent a Wikipedia article. It does not violate any Wikipedia terms, and in terms on notability, I too believe it is notable compared to some other articles that have been on here for some time. sj5qu— Sj5qu (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:06, 6 January 2013‎ (UTC).[reply]

I think this page is very informative, nothing wrong with it.— Tamworth20 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:09, 6 January 2013‎ (UTC) (UTC).[reply]

I second that the 'Josh Simmons' article should not be deleted, for the reasons already stated. Very good points— Wikiman56780 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:13, 6 January 2013 (UTC) (UTC).[reply]

This guy won a national award, and some more more. It's not like he was £10 lottery winner or something, he's done something, and received something notable. I don't see any valid reason as to why this particular article should require deletion. All the best.— JL2424 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:24, 6 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

To be honest it surprises me that this article is even being considered for deletion. I am from the same county as this guy and I remember reading up all of this newspaper articles, I heard a couple of radio and even saw TV interviews so it's not like Josh is some random student who's won top kid in the local class for anything. 5000 nominations is quite a deal. Good on him. He deserves a page I think.— Kyte1990 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 17:27, 6 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

I don't agree with this at all, Josh seems like a very intelligant boy, he won Student Of The Year and is gonna get so much further in life, just because hes on wiki doesn't give anybody else the right to make a debate over it. Well done Josh for winning it, You deserve this page and much more. — 2.97.242.53 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 18:03, 6 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

I disagree with this debate, Josh is just a young boy with alot to give he won student of the year and that might not be big to some of you but it means alot to this young boy he well deserves this page.— 2.97.242.53 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 18:41, 6 January 2013 (UTC).[reply]

NOTE: I just reported this AfD at WP:ANI (link) as I suspect foul play and likely sock puppetry. --Bob Re-born (talk) 17:47, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, the BTEC Award does not appear an award enough significant/well-known to pass WP:ANYBIO. Also fails GNG. Article looks like a vanity piece. Cavarrone (talk) 17:59, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Regardless whether the BTEC Award is notable, a student named Megan Turner was the awardee in 2012, not Josh Simmons. All that is left are local Cornwall write-ups. Fails WP:ANYBIO and WP:GNG. Out it goes. Binksternet (talk) 19:11, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, falls well below GNG. I see one of the references is titled Being a student ambassador is great for the CV, which I think gives an unintentional hint about the article's purpose. Tigerboy1966 19:14, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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