Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert S. Katz

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The result was delete. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 21:42, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Robert S. Katz

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I came across this while RC patrolling. The article lacks any claim of notability either the recent revisions or farther back in history. As is so often the case, there are good references for a number of assertions that do not establish notability. The ongoing content dispute seems to center on concerns of self-promotion. Beyond listing the article here, I'm not going to intervene in that.

There is also a lengthy discussion of sourcing problems on the talk page, and in the comments in the history. UninvitedCompany 19:25, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Info

The only possible valid information on the page is the Frostburg University info. Though he was the person to supply it. The citation for it is hosted on Maryland Shared Open Access Repository Home and not the schools official site. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BadIdeaToLie (talk • contribs) 20:08, 14 December 2018 (UTC) I have already contacted the writer of the Forbes article to see what information he can provide about Robert and what if any checking he did of his credentials he did. I have links to disprove claims made about his past as well as his credentials that he claims to have. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BadIdeaToLie (talk • contribs) 20:12, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

BadIdeaToLie, please note (although you may already know this) that the article was written by a Forbes Contributor, which is not a Forbes staff member, and may have no journalistic training. S Philbrick(Talk) 21:18, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Sphilbrick Yeah the writer is actually the CEO of a company that host a conference that he was supposed to speak at in 2016. Yet the website for that conference is still up and his name is not referenced anywhere.

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Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:30, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 22:30, 15 December 2018 (UTC)

• Delete There is nothing in the article that is even vaguely like a claim to notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:12, 17 December 2018 (UTC)
• Delete Fails to meet notability guidelines. Seems like a candidate for speedy deletion under WP:A7. Citrivescence (talk) 04:42, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

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.