Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adam Aleksander

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete. Cbrown1023 talk 03:50, 5 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Adam Aleksander[edit]

Autobiography of a pianist. Has been twice deleted as spam. Is he notable. -- RHaworth 17:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete blatant POV violation, probably not notable. YechielMan 18:28, 26 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but replace with existing cleaned-up version - see the talk page. I haven't seen this but it apparently is retreivable by a sysop; was done mid a previous AfD which was then lost. It would be helpful if an admin could do this now - there is a clean-up tag. The prizes and reviews meet WP:BIO, although he's not exactly a star. Obviously current version is not acceptable. Johnbod 00:18, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete its got no sources and was deleted twice before. --C56C 19:04, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but replace with cleaned-up version, assuming that version can be rescued from deleted history; if not, delete under WP:CSD#G11. Bolivian Unicyclist 19:14, 27 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Piano playing is non notable. --71.235.43.75 19:38, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note for closer last edit is 3rd edit by vandal - see no 1. Johnbod 21:47, 29 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete. Starts off with "...is considered one of the most outstanding pianists of his country.", which constitutes weasel wording (considered by who?) and peacock phrasing. Then the whole article just goes downhill from there. No sourcing, no external references, practically no cross-referencing to other articles, no attribution, no verifiability, not even a hint of neutrality. Reads like a junior high biography essay - was someone assigned to write a "positive" 500-word theme on their local piano teacher as punishment for not practicing? Or maybe it is a cut-and-paste job from his personal web site, or local music store was holding a competitive recital and featured him as a "judge" and needed some background information? In any case this is not encyclopedic and virtually unfixable even with enormous effort by a dedicated editor. If there is already an "improved" and "cleaned up" version already prepared, then let the authors defend that version in a future AfD if it comes to that. --T-dot (Talk | contribs) 18:30, 4 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.