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The result was delete. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 01:20, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Promotional BLP. Relevant SNGs seem to be WP:NSOLDIER and WP:NAUTHOR, and the subject of this article seems to fail both, as well as WP:BASIC. The sole claim to notability I can pull out is that he was the "only living person to have worked for British Intelligence as a British citizen and for US Intelligence as an American citizen" and it is "sourced" incredibly vaguely to "The Navy Lists (UK) 1964-1983 (Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London)." Appears to be the same person as listed in his publisher's capsule bio([1]) which does not mention this distinction. The book is Between Five Eyes (ISBN 9781612009001), and I haven't had any luck finding reviews. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 23:24, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Military-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 23:24, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 23:24, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 23:25, 21 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete promotional BLP. Doesn't meet SOLDIER, and many of the sources are not independent of the subject, and in some cases of questionable reliability. There is also quite a lot of listing of "works" with no links or any way to verify they even exist. Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 08:14, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete fails WP:SOLDIER and WP:GNG lots of big claims with questionable sourcing. Mztourist (talk) 08:39, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Fails WP:GNG and WP:SOLDIER. Wikipedia is not a place to boost your online profile. Best, GPL93 (talk) 15:50, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Looks impressive: at first glance. A closer analysis of the sources shows them to be majoritively WP:PRIMARY, and none sufficiently independent of the subject to pass BASIC. For the rest, policy applies. ——Serial 16:30, 28 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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