Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Brown

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 on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was DELETE. — JIP | Talk 05:43, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alexander Brown

Non-notable bio, vanity. Brown is a high school graduate of 2003, has his only novel published the same year. Novel appears to be published by a vanity press (Authorhouse or 1st Books), Amazon sales rank #2,554,188 in Books with two suspiciously effusive 5-star user reviews. I will also put the novel Alexander Browns: Sweet Dreams on AFD shortly. He may have great things in his future, but it isn't yet time for his encyclopedia bio. Quale 03:19, 11 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete vanity puff piece for a author whose work is only published by a vanity press. Insufficient notability, and Wikipedia isn't a promotional tool. Average Earthman 11:04, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Obvious vanity entry. --Calton | Talk 11:17, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Certainly looks like vanity, but if indeed it is penned by Brown himself, he's not actually very good at writing... CLW
• Delete. Vanity author. Anybody can publish anything on Amazon. Andrew pmk | Talk 00:04, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
• Do Whatever You Wish. For Future Reference I personally am not Alexander Brown, nor do I know him personally, However he is a regionally well-known writer. I apologize if my bio for him it appeared to be vain, but I fixed it to where it appears much as a stub, but I didn't have much to go on whlie writing the bio. I guess that is why I created the article here so maybe he will be a little well known and maybe if he so chooses can disclose more info about his life, I do recomend you at least read his novel beofre deleteing it, and then maybe you will see why it actually deserves to be listed, even as it is just a regionally well-known book. And I love the way you insult other users in these little forums, perhaps you should actually think before posting little rude comments. But You know what, I'll delete it myself... Go Fuck yourselves. southernrequiem | 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Above comment by User: On File who blanked the page in question and is now trolling by listing perfectly good articles to Afd. jni 16:49, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

• Don't Delete. I created the article out of respect for the Author, and for love of the book. After seeing the mess that was created on this site, by someone using my name I have taken full-reponsibility for their actions. I apologize for their apparent immaturity, I also apologize for my apparent in-ability to meet the high standards needed for this site, so on behalf of myself I accept if you must delete my article, but I wish you would not. Southernrequiem | Talk , 12 October 2005 (UTC)

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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.