Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Lewis Spencer

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 of the debate was keep. Ifnord 19:40, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Lewis Spencer[edit]

Autobiographical, see contributions from 207.4.199.250, he identifies himeself in this edit Cacophony 03:14, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep WP:AUTO is not policy. Writing your own bio is discouraged, but this article has successfully avoided POV statements and the like, and notablility is well established. Bobby1011 03:26, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. As a Grammy-winning songwriter, he merits an article under WP:MUSIC. --Metropolitan90 04:22, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It looks like it's worth keeping. Maybe the language could be cleaned up. Yanksox 13:13, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep. Grammy-winning songwriter. Sax player for Otis Redding. Vanity policy is quite explicit; "vanity by itself is not a basis for deletion." Nomination shows either ignorance of applicable policy or bad faith. Monicasdude 14:51, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and cleanup. --S iva1979^{Talk to me} 15:06, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. --Myles Long 17:05, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and clean up. Autobiographical articles are discouraged for two reasons. The first is that the subject often doesn't meet the standards of notability and verifiabilty required of articles. Secondly, subjects of articles often have difficulty in maintaining a NPOV about themselves. He meets our music notability guidelines and the article is NPOV. The article could be improved with more about the music that makes him notable. Capitalistroadster 21:45, 24 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The subject belongs in Wikipedia. Anyone who doesn't like it because of its origin, should edit or rewrite it. Logophile 10:44, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Nothing wrong with autobiographies, as long as they're well-written and of notable people. Stifle 16:22, 28 February 2006 (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.