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815:. In 2017 we has an edit war between a promo account and other SPAs who were trying to highlight some of Wohl's many exploits (and we had a handful - running foul of the NFA, using Instagram models to lure clients, financial training courses that included IIRC hookers, his business dealings at age 17, claims around Rachel G. Fox, real estate, politics, and a bunch of other stuff) - all this received coverage (all be it local and in financial sites for various schemes) - and at last AfD I argued SIGCOV - in any event even back then it was not a 1E. The Muller thing obviously adds a whole bunch of new coverage - and only adds to notability here. I will also note this is a high profile and "noisy" individual - we will probably see yet more coverage. I do think there are balance issues in the present article but deletion is not cleanup. 891:. Having said that, I disagree with Muboshgu and Cullen328. I thought he was non-notable as a person before, and his involvement with this scam (ALLEGED scam, whatever) doesn't add much. We don't need an article on him to solidify our understanding of current political events, and to the extent that this is a noteworthy thing (all the more noteworthy since NOTNEWS has gone by the wayside), it can be covered in any of the two million articles associated with Trump, Mueller, etc., with a redirect for those who seek him. Nor do I see that recent coverage has added much to our understanding of this person and his biography--let me note, for instance, that the 369:(responding to ping): The two previous articles on Wohl were rightfully deleted at AfD in June 2016 and April 2017 as promotional articles for a non-notable teenager. The current article is different, and as long as it does not turn into promotionalism and lies, and if the person is currently notable enough to pass GNG and NBIO without resorting to blatant PR and puff pieces as citations, then I don't have as much objection to it (particularly since there is nothing promotional about it, much less " 721:. Now, we have a new round of significant coverage of Wohl from the Daily Beast, the Atlantic, GQ, Vox, CNN, Slate, NBC and so on. I considered him borderline notable a year and a half ago, but he is definitely notable now. This article should be kept and the useful content from the previously deleted versions should be added back into the current article. 945:- There are more than enough reliable sources covering the subject to satisfy the GNG. If the article lacks balance or needs editing then edit it, that's what we do here. AfD is not for cleanup. EDIT: I also note there is apparently no puffery or promotion in this article, and it appears to me to simply state was the sources say. 898:"nails" him in one and a half sentences: "a 20-year-old conservative who’s most famous for sending speedy sycophantic replies to Trump’s tweets and making implausible, factually dubious claims. He also ran some shady hedge funds." We can do that too, and we should, because there simply isn't that much to tell him. So, 1129:
based on the fact that of course we are going to have an article on this person. He has entered history now. The whole affair is something some non-zero number of people will want to learn about even 100 years from now. OTOH I'd be OK with cutting it back to a stub for a while on BLP grounds. There's
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The nominator never participated in the previous AfDs (and presumably also never saw those articles), and this new article is in no way promotional at all. The nominator nonetheless falsely claimed this new article is "strongly promotional" and immediately pinged participants in the old AfDs, in an
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to a page called "Smear campaign against Robert Mueller" or something, as this is the sole reason he is notable. Althoungh the existence of this article may give unwarranted attention to this teenage clown who definitely outsmarted himself, the incident and its resulting reports is significant
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as above this is a minor fringe figure who has not been convicted of the political allegations and the financial misdemeaners were very commonplace unfortunately. There is a saying that all publicity is good publicity and this character certainly does not warrant it for his
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Agree. If this is the case, then yes. He will likely remain as a low-profile individual. Although it is very likely that he will do more stupid things that spark future AfD nominations, his past "achievements" are irrelevant, at best. We could add a section under
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Note: it's easy to say "passes GNG", pointing at a half dozen or a dozen articles, but what we really need is significant discussion of the subject. What we have now is tidbits and involvement in a scandal.
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keep. Consensus is that GNG is met; the nominator and others have been convinced by the substantial coverage demonstrated in the Keep !votes. Numerically it's something like 17-3 now.
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Pretty much a slam dunk keep, given substantial coverage of the person by multiple reliable sources, that are not only covering the latest scandal, but delving into his background. --
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Jacob Wohl, 20, far-right conspiracy theorist, gets a moment in spotlight with Mueller plot: The Trump supporter, once billed as a teenage financial guru, has a history of schemes.
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Just like the last time, and the time before, no amount of adding negative information will justify a strongly promotional article about this 20-year-old guy.
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That is a 27 paragraph long article that covers his whole "career" in detail. Certainly, that is the significant discussion that you are looking for.
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enough. Especially when he is under FBI investigation. All we need is to avoid PR edits per usual practice. I just can't wait to cement him into the
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apparent effort to get them to react to the false claim in his nomination rather than to actually read the new article or do due diligence.
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This is really too minor of an event for a section in those articles. Perhaps a single sentence. Good luck trying to add more than that.
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I agree with Cullen that the the useful content from the previously deleted versions should be added back into the current article.
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no super hurry here. And the hedge fund stuff is sub-notable. It is useful for answering the question "what is this entity" tho.
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BLP1E says we can have articles on people notable for only one event if the event is significant and their role is significant.
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If the article does not bear standing as is (which is still debatable), rather than being deleted, the material should be
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The press coverage you linked seems to actually suggest that the event was debunked much before it even happened.
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I initially recommended deleting an earlier version of this article in April, 2017 but withdrew my !vote after
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No, his political stunts go way back and have been reported extensively on RS prior to this Mueller hoax.
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and his tyranny of "coverage in reliable sources", EVER. Having said that, dude's got a point.
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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or one of the articles on the Special Counsel Investigation or the Russian interference.
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deletion is warranted. As I was trying to find sources, I ran across this quote from
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is suggesting that will be the case for this new, bizarre development in his life. –
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This fellow has now applied his talents in multiple fields so it's no longer
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This guy's become notable. He's now the subject of tories like this one
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might not even apply, because this is a non-event, if we go that way.
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expanded and improved the article considerably. See
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instance. He is a noted "pro-Trump internet troll" (
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