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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:46, 7 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Francis Moraes[edit]

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It's quite clear that this is a vanity article by a crank designed to legitimize his psuedoscientific quackery concerning drug addiction. A quick scan of the edit history for the article shows that Francis doesn't even hide the various sockpuppets he uses to engage in edit wars over this peacock article. Speedy delete now. 107.3.56.202 (talk) 00:52, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment - Completing nomination on behalf of IP editor. Above text is copied from article talk page. I remain neutral at this time. --Finngall talk 03:07, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

From the note of the article and the lack of notability of the author, it seems it was just created to promote his vanity press. Nowhere in the article or on the internet could I find anything that suggests the subject has particular expertise in the neuropharmacology/psychopharmacology of drug addiction. His work sounds very fringe to me. 198.246.186.210 (talk) 14:24, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:00, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 22:01, 15 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 04:19, 17 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —MRD2014 ( T / C ) 02:37, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SophisticatedSwampert let's talk about that 04:48, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Oh boy. This is a BLP with no sources. It contains extremely dubious medical claims concerning drug addiction that should be subject to WP:MEDRS but again, have no source. The edit history reveals it was almost certainly written by the subject himself, through many socks, and includes an unaddressed copyvio and gems such as "Removed personal information probably added by Dr. Moraes' ex-wife". I'm astounded it's managed to survive 13 years!
As for any prospect of improving it, Moraes does not seem to be notable. I can't find any biographical sources through Google or Google News searches. His books don't appear to have been reviewed in any RSes, are held in <50 libraries, and are only cited in a handful of other works. – Joe (talk) 08:57, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Delete - BLP with no sources, copyvios, and multiple other problems. As per Joe Roe, I'm perplexed as to how it has survived for this long! SophisticatedSwampert let's talk about that 18:07, 30 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong delete as a completely unreferenced BLP that throws the word "heroin" around a lot. Do we need more reason? --Lockley (talk) 09:03, 1 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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