Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kevin Dresser (artist)

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The result was speedy delete. WP:CSD#G12 copyvio of www.dresserjohnson.com/about_us.html JohnCD (talk) 23:06, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kevin Dresser (artist)[edit]

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Article was created by Subject. Recommended deletion per WP:COI WP:NPOV WP:SOAPBOX Phearson (talk) 00:50, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and rewrite I think he is probably notable, but the article needs a good deal of work, and some better sources: there should be some newspaper mentions to be found Being spammy is not cause for deletion. COI is not cause for deletion either, just for careful checking. NPOV is not cause for deletion, just for editing. WP:SOAPBOX also is not cause for deletion, unless the article cannot be edited properly. I call attention also to the article Dresser Johnson about his firm, which duplicates much of this material--or, to be exact, did until I removed a good deal of it. I fully understand the desire to nominate this absurdly promotional article for deletion, but it looks like he has done major work and received some awards. DGG ( talk ) 01:55, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - how about blatant copyright violation [1]? An article copy and paste lifted in total from a subject's own web site is no excuse, in fact the added COI makes it worse. Acabashi (talk) 19:49, 12 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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