Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bruce R. Booker

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The result was delete. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:55, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bruce R. Booker[edit]

Autobiography; unreferenced; fails WP:ACADEMIC and WP:BIO; orphan article, apart from links added by this article's author. OttoTheFish (talk) 09:54, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Christianity-related deletion discussions. —OttoTheFish (talk) 09:56, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:58, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - it's an apparent autobiography. --B (talk) 15:30, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note Being an autobiography is not a reason for deletion. Any COI should be edited out, that's all. --Crusio (talk) 16:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, actually, yes it is. WP:DP#Reasons_for_deletion gives among its reasons, "any other content not suitable for an encyclopedia". Autobiographies are certainly not suitable. --B (talk) 17:44, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should read WP:AUTO again, it explicitly states that deletion is uncertain and that creating an autobio is discouraged (i.e., not forbidden). I know of several autobios that became acceptable articles on notable persons (not always without other editors battling problems with COI, though... :-) --Crusio (talk) 18:28, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. And while being an autobiography by itself is hardly grounds for deletion, I have to wonder how notable a subject is when the subject himself is writing the article.--CyberGhostface (talk) 18:15, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I have cleaned up the article a bit and checked the external links. I also did Google and Google Scholar searches. For the moment, I have found nothing that supports notability. --Crusio (talk) 18:29, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep as a prominent writer and teacher in his specialized field.DGG (talk) 21:50, 4 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Could not find enough to establish notability under WP:PROF. Does not seem to pass WP:BIO either. His most widely held book, The lie, is listed by WorldCat as being in 2 (two) libraries worldwide.--Eric Yurken (talk) 02:02, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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