Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Novick

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:49, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Jeff Novick[edit]

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Likely fails WP:NBIO. – Ploni (talk) 05:08, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Academics and educators, Health and fitness, and Medicine. Ploni (talk) 05:08, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete bloated LinkedIn style profile packed with trivia and no claim of notability. Mccapra (talk) 07:22, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It is pretty much textbook WP:NOTCV. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 14:45, 22 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. One advantage of this CV-like style, where all achievements no matter how minor are laid out in clear bulleted lists, is that it's easier to go through and make sure there's nothing significant that we're missing. In this case, I see nothing that could pass WP:PROF or any other notability criterion.
Keep but improve and wikify. The discussion focuses not on notability, but on how the article has been written. The point we need for discussion is the significance of the popularizing of plant-based diets by Jeff Novick. Novick was, for a very long time, a popular traveling speaker on the importance of using good judgment in developing one's plant-based (vegan) diet - quick but witty and persuasive arguments; informative and entertaining PowerPoints; lots of practical how-to-do-it books; etc. The article could be tightened up, of course, and that would require some work. It should be included in the WikiProject Veganism and Vegetarianism. Surely something helpful could be done to make this article viable. MaynardClark (talk) 05:59, 23 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No amount of improvement can turn an unremarkable dietician into an encyclopedically remarkable character. None of the evidence suggests he would be notable for his work, even if presented in a more adequate manner. Ari T. Benchaim (talk) 00:37, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- Has anyone in this discussion ever MET or heard or seen Jeff Novick present? He was (believed to be) the brains behind the Pritikin Clinic in Florida. MaynardClark (talk) 00:52, 24 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yes. Unfortunately/fortunately, my opinion on his presentation skills do not matter a whit. Ari T. Benchaim (talk) 23:54, 24 June 2022 (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.