Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. D. Scott

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A longtime redirect to Oneok (for [https://tulsaworld.com/archive/j-d-scotty-scott-former-chairman-and-ceo-of-oneok-dies-at-81/article_388413a4-c813-5b82-9225-636c4800ba42.html former Oneok chairman and CEO J.D. "Scotty" Scott]) was hijacked as an WP:ADMASQ page for an Iowa deputy sheriff's [https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0F89KC9DC self-published novel]. The book is not notable, and beyond [https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/2017/11/30/for-nora-story-co-sheriff/16930582007/ a human-interest story in his local newspaper] I'm not seeing any WP:SIGCOV that would qualify for a pass of WP:GNG. I would have just restored the redirect but it was [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J._D._Scott&diff=prev&oldid=1290079298 previously contested], so in the absence of passing WP:N I'm seeking an AfD consensus to restore the redirect to Oneok. Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:05, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Police, and Iowa. Dclemens1971 (talk) 20:05, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
• Restore redirect (possibly also revdel the content that is a contender for G11 to keep it from being restored easily). Delete I cannot find any additional sources to support notability, doesn't meet WP:NAUTHOR. Likely autobiography. Schazjmd (talk) 20:14, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
• Changed to delete; Dclemens1971's point below motivated me to check for other possible redirect targets. Besides :Oneok, plausible targets include :JD Scott, :Scott Brothers Global, :List of New South Wales representative cricketers, :WJBC (AM), :The Movement (literature), :List of Oxford University Cricket Club players...I stopped looking at that point. Too many and none clearly the primary target, so deletion seems better than redirect. Schazjmd (talk) 21:37, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
• Restore redirect I was in a half-way house doing this, went away to water plants and came back and its done. I planning to redirect and leave a warning but its done now. scope_creep^Talk 20:37, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

:The idea that a Wikipedia page titled J. D. Scott should redirect to the company Oneok simply because a former CEO was named "Scotty Scott" is, frankly, ridiculous. Wikipedia is not owned or dictated by corporate entities, and a company does not gain perpetual rights over a personal name—especially one as common as J. D. Scott—based solely on a former executive's nickname.

:More importantly, the previous version of the J. D. Scott page referred to a legitimate author, complete with reliable sources, and was improperly deleted to reinstate a redirect that serves no encyclopedic purpose. The argument that the redirect was "longstanding" does not justify replacing a fact-based article about a notable individual with a misleading and irrelevant corporate redirect.

:Wikipedia’s mission is to provide accurate, verifiable information—not to protect redirects rooted in corporate confusion or coincidental name overlap. The deletion of sourced content in favor of such a redirect undermines the integrity of the platform. 158.120.123.239 (talk) 20:58, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

::I'm OK with a redirect somewhere else but I am not OK with a page being hijacked to promote a non-notable author's self-published book. Dclemens1971 (talk) 21:18, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

:::Should probably be redirected to JD Scott, who appears to be an actually notable author. Dclemens1971 (talk) 21:26, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

• Delete the content currently there - it's local, insignificant coverage about a cop who wrote a book. Bearian (talk) 01:06, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
• Delete Since notability is not established. Reads like a prmotion for the author/book. Ramos1990 (talk) 01:00, 19 May 2025 (UTC)

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