Talk:Robert Broughton

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This article was nominated for deletion on 13 December 2006. The result of the discussion was no consensus.

You can't remove comments from a talk page. I am reproposing the article for deletion and reporting you to an editor. Alexwoods 14:45, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Please refer to the history of this page for comments previously deleted by Prescottbush. Alexwoods 15:43, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Didn't mean to delete the whole article - I am reverting pending dispute resolution. Alexwoods 14:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Alexwoods has libeled the subject of this article; see http://groups.google.com/group/alt.smokers/msg/fb70502ed6e162a3. He is certainly not objective on this subject ("didn't mean to delete the whole article" - yeah, right) and may or may not have something to do with the fact that Woods is employed a law firm that does significant work for Philip Morris. Prescottbush 15:47, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I restored the page immediately after accidentally deleting it, my usenet comments are irrelevant to the merits of this article, and my employment has never had anything to do with tobacco. I am not aware that my employer does any work for any tobacco company. I did, however, first become aware of the topic of this bio, and the actual person hiding behing the username, due to his harassment of a usenet group that discusses smoking. I was surprised that he had a Wikipedia page, but that surprise went away when I realized that he has written it himself. Prescottbush has repeatedly violated Wikipedia policy in reposting a deleted article, posting a vanity page, sockpuppetry, and deleting other user's comments and proposals without justification. At the very least, he needs to explain his behavior. Alexwoods 15:54, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I plan to do as John Broughton suggested on Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts, remove the speedy delete, and add the article to the Articles for Deletion list. Alexwoods 16:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I'm going to consider User:Prescottbush's disclosure of my place of work as a personal attack and delete it.Alexwoods 17:20, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

I've nominated this for deletion. As the page was already deleted once, there is no space on the AFD page where I can give my argument for why this article doesn't belong on Wikipedia, so I'll summarize here (although most of the relevant points are in the section on Autobiography): the subject is not notable and the article is not verifiable or neutral. I look forward to discussing this. Alexwoods 17:36, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, don't understand the last comment. If you do an AfD, the nomination would (or should) show up as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Broughton (second nomination); plenty of space there. John Broughton | Talk 18:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

Fixed it, I think there may have been some confusion between WP:PROD and WP:AFD -- the result was the old AFD being posted at WP:AFD. I made the second nomination page, and removed the other. Dina 00:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks Dina. That was the problem. Alexwoods 03:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

The biography does NOT meet the Notability criteria. In addition, a brief visit to the Usenet Groups shows that this individual is arraogant and uses foul language against those who disagree with his views. Retention of his biography would be an injsutice to Wikipedia.

Wikijunkie88 01:46, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

If all of the arrogant people were removed from Wikipedia, it would be much smaller. Prescottbush 06:26, 24 March 2007 (UTC)