Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Professor John Smiley

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The result was Delete. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-02-13 23:09Z

Professor John Smiley[edit]

Possible non notable professor, contested speedy. Let's see what you all think. No opinion at this time Daniel J. Leivick 02:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Not notable. Other problems with article, but those are mooted by notability problem.--Wehwalt 03:21, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete nn Josh Parris 04:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Wehwalt. There was a one-sentence copyvio too, but I fixed that. -- Butseriouslyfolks 05:14, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, Visual Basic courses dont make an academic notable. John Vandenberg 06:23, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. I tried the search engine test, but there are others with his name, so forget that. YechielMan 07:24, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, professor is author of many books that are used by major universities. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.230.235.18 (talk • contribs) 01:26 10 February 2007 (UTC).

Who is a major contributor to the article, if not the author. ●DanMS 02:12, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- Pete.Hurd 04:07, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as nn, not notable books. --MaNeMeBasat 15:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. Indeed John Smiley do have published some books (see Amazon.com) but they are not the result of new academic research. Mr.K. (talk) 18:55, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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