Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Randy Pruett

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The result was delete. The Bushranger _{One ping only} 19:55, 27 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Randy Pruett

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Promotional article, with no evidence of notability. All the references are either by Pruett, not about Pruett, or barely mention him. (NOTE: PROD contested with no reason given.) JamesBWatson (talk) 13:31, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Most of this is pretty much volunteer work, as near as I can tell, with the pageant organization -- the book is published by them, which to me confers no notability, and there are no arm's-length third-party sources of expert opinion to confer any either. His business efforts don't add anything to notability. Ubelowme (talk) 14:56, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:59, 20 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete despite the following accomplishments: "historian for the Miss Texas pageant ... inducted into the 'Miss Texas Hall of Honor' for his years of volunteer service ... enters cooking contests for a hobby and has had several award winning recipes published." EEng (talk) 23:26, 20 June 2012 (UTC) Upon some of Cato's friends expressing their surprise, that while many persons without merit or reputation had statues, he had none; he answered, "I had much rather it should be asked why the people have not erected a statue to Cato, than why they have. -- Encyclopedia Brittanica (1797)[reply]

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