Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jody Byrne (academic)

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The result was delete. Sarahj2107 (talk) 16:57, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jody Byrne (academic)[edit]

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The information is no longer accurate or relevant, and I don't think it's appropriate to have outdated information in an abandoned article. I would like to have it deleted on the basis that it's a BLP of a relatively unknown subject. I am open to verifying my identity in whatever way is deemed appropriate by the editors. I was never a public figure and am even less public now and am most definitely not active in the translation field. I would be very grateful for your help in expunging this outdated information. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scutterfly (talk • contribs)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. – Joe (talk) 14:09, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. This autobiography shouldn't have been created in the first place and if you want it deleted I'm not going to oppose. On the other hand, your publication record is a fairly convincing pass of our notability guidelines for academics, so you should bear in mind that there's nothing stopping another editor from re-creating an article about you, or indeed saving and updating this one. – Joe (talk) 14:36, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per WP:BIODEL, if subject's identity can be confirmed. Otherwise, I second Joe Roe. —Javert2113 (Siarad.|¤) 16:37, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 17:32, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

~~Keep~~ Neutral he ~~easily~~ passes NPROF both with what looks to be a significant publication in his field, Technical translation: Usability strategies for translating technical documentation and as a ~~Fellow of the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators.~~ He is not an 'essentially private person' as he is actively marketing himself at [1]. It looks like he wanted an article enough to write an autobiography and it becoming "an abandoned article which I don't want to maintain" is not a reason for deletion. Jbh ^Talk 18:20, 26 June 2018 (UTC) last updated: His book is reasonably well cited in both articles and books, including Routledge Encyclopedia of Translation Studies. I think he passes NPROF at the same level as a 'two review book' in NBOOKS ie barely. I am disinclined to delete an article of a self-promoter who no longer feels an article they wrote serves their purposes but I won't be a jerk about it when notability is this thin. 14:32, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Once notable, always notable. I have changed the first sentence of the article to "Dr Jody Byrne is an Irish translation scholar and translator now working as a video producer and designer." References about his work as a video producer would be welcome. I am not sure whether the article should be moved to Jody Byrne (video producer) since he may be better known as an academic, but any move should be discussed n the article's talk page first. Eastmain (talk • contribs) 19:23, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I'm not persuaded by arguments that Byrne passes WP:PROF, because a) he has an h-index of only 8, far short of what is needed to fulfill WP:PROF#C1, [2] and b) anyone can join the ISTC as a fellow for 108 British pounds [3]. He may have written one significant publication in the field, but that falls far short of fulfilling WP:PROF#C1, and I am not seeing any evidence of meeting any other notability criteria. Everymorning talk to me 21:38, 26 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete because of reasonable subject request. Thincat (talk) 01:32, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete under WP:BIODEL ("relatively unknown, non-public figure, where the subject has requested deletion"). Guliolopez (talk) 08:45, 27 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Just to note that Scutterfly has confirmed their identity as Jody Byrne via OTRS (VRTS ticket # 2018062710008961). Cordless Larry (talk) 11:58, 28 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete, but also block user as WP:NOTHERE. Over the course of ten years, this user has done exactly two things. They've abused the project to write their autobiography when it suited their needs. And now they're abusing the time of volunteers to get it deleted when it no longer serves their purpose. Neither of these actions benefit the encyclopedia, so WP:NOTHERE. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:11, 1 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The fact that it should have been deleted long ago as a promotional and borderline-notable autobiography doesn't obviate the additional justification for deleting it under WP:BIODEL. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:00, 2 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment BIODEL only applies if they confirm their identity. Editor should be blocked regardless for abuse per RoySmith. Enigma^msg 14:40, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The user has confirmed their identity, Enigmaman; see my comment above. Cordless Larry (talk) 16:04, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I missed that. Delete and block is my view. Enigma^msg 16:21, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Scutterfly has only ever edited this article plus a few minor edits to related ones. He's clearly unlikely to cause any further disruption. I can't see how blocking him would be anything other than punitive. – Joe (talk) 16:42, 3 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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.