Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stanley Burroughs

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The result was REDIRECT to Master Cleanse. I'll leave it to the masses to decide what, if anything, should be merged there. postdlf (talk) 04:39, 9 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Stanley Burroughs

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Insufficiently notable. Burroughs is the inventor of the "lemonade diet" which receives a lot of coverage, and Burroughs is mentioned as its creator many times too, sometimes with characterization ("quirky", "messianic", etc.). But there appears to be little or no reliable biographical coverage of any depth. Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 04:18, 14 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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According to the article they are author of 2 books... does this not meet notability? Lesion (talk) 00:42, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, Burroughs seems to fail WP:BASIC and the fact that he is a WP:AUTHOR does not guarantee notability - his authorship of the lemonade diet books is recorded in the Master Cleanse article. Practically speaking if all the unsourced and improperly-sourced material is removed from the Stanley Burroughs article, is there even anything Wikipedia can say? Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 00:56, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure if they are notable or not. Above you suggest that the "lemonade diet" has received a lot of coverage (I've never heard of it). Doesn't this meet criterion 4? Not sure if 1-4 all have to be met, or only one. Lesion (talk) 08:48, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's up to editors to decide how the notability criteria are weighted on a case-by-case basis. In my view Burroughs as a person is not notable enough for an article, but the "lemonade diet" (aka Master Cleanse) is - maybe a solution is to have the Burroughs article redirect to Master Cleanse where he is mentioned as its inventor in the books he wrote? Alexbrn ^{talk|contribs|COI} 08:54, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

OK, then I think merge leaving redirect might be appropriate. If the content we can keep is all covered in another article, then there should be nothing much to merge, and it is basically a delete. Lesion (talk) 09:23, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Master Cleanse. There is little or no verified biographical information to support a biographical article. The current article consists almost entirely of verbatim quotation from a judge's ruling in the subject's criminal trial, massively WP:UNDUE. --MelanieN (talk) 21:03, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ryan Postlethwaite^{See the mess I've created or let's have banter} 23:51, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar · · 03:30, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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