Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Daniel L. Johnson

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The result was redirect to List of general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints#Emeritus ⋅ List of general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints#Emeritus. Randykitty (talk) 17:22, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Daniel L. Johnson

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Non-notable subject that does not meet WP:BASIC. Coverage found in searches for independent, reliable sources is limited to a few fleeting passing mentions and name checks. The article is entirely reliant on primary sources, which do not serve to establish notability for Wikipedia's purposes. Furthermore, per: WP:SPIP:

The barometer of notability is whether people independent of the topic itself (or of its manufacturer, creator, author, inventor, or vendor) have actually considered the topic notable enough that they have written and published non-trivial works of their own that focus upon it—without incentive, promotion, or other influence by people connected to the topic matter.

– North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:08, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:08, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:08, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Mexico-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:08, 17 August 2018 (UTC)

• Redirect to Seventy (LDS Church). There is no exception to Wikipedia policy for LDS church leaders, and proposals to exempt LDS leaders from the WP:GNG have consistently failed to achieve consensus support (see examples in 2014, 2016, and 2017). The sources in the article are not independent per WP:IIS and therefore not usable for establishing notability. Johnson's non-LDS career was in business, with General Mills, Inc., Citibank, Continental Grain Company, and Elamex, among others, so he shows up in, for example, older SEC filings [1]. Search of databases also finds some passing mentions in coverage of tragic incident involving a family member, brief quotes in a few Deseret News articles involving church efforts in Mexico and a ceremony honoring LDS volunteer service to the USS Missouri, and a short bio in the Deseret News on the occasion of his "release" [2]. This is all routine or superficial coverage, and does not constitute in-depth coverage of subject in multiple, secondary, independent, reliable sources, so right now it doesn't look like subject passes WP:GNG. Redirecting to Seventy (LDS Church) is a sensible alternative to deletion. Open to reconsideration if in-depth coverage emerges. Bakazaka (talk) 00:47, 22 August 2018 (UTC)
• Redirect to List of general authorities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints#Emeritus where he is mentioned. Regards SoWhy 15:13, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.