Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jacob Barnett (4th nomination)
Coming on the heels of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Squirrel-sponsored cyberterrorism|that damn squirrel thing, we are back with an example of something quite similar: in which the article's framing is wildly out of line with the reality of its content. In the case of the squirrels, the sources were, for the most part, not about how squirrels do a lot of damage, but about how terrorists do not. In this case, the substance of the article isn't about how Barrett did anything, but about how the media used him as the object of an unwarranted frenzy of yellow journalism. The whole thing is still a major offense against , and while he is at least not a minor anymore, he is still largely a figure of unrealized potential. I return to Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Badlydrawnjeff#Basic human dignity|the ARBCOM ruling of yore that "Implicit in the policy on biographies of living people is the understanding that Wikipedia articles should respect the basic human dignity of their subjects." The eagerness with which the old fake news furor is being pushed here lacks that respect
— User:Mangoe, 20:20, 19 June 2017 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:BLP (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)