Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christopher Norris (physiotherapist)

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 was no consensus. fuddlemark (befuddle me!) 14:25, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Christopher Norris (physiotherapist)

vanity spam --Xrblsnggt 07:24, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Strong delete Advertisment and vanity. Medico80 07:31, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep - As is, I agree that the article is lousy. However, he has written a number of books, some of which seem fairly well regarded; it might be worth having someone rewrite the article from scratch and improve it. --Brianyoumans 10:19, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless someone can source the notability of his books. --Harris 11:47, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. only 66 distinct Ghits, begging question of notability beyond the relentless self-promotion. WP is not a free webhost, and the only link for this spam is back to subject's homepage. Speaking of the books, it should be noted that having a book published is not a criterion for notability, since anyone can get a book published. In this case, three books by the subject are listed on Amazon, one ranking somewhere about 2.4 millionth in sales, the other two reaching 800K or so. Notability might be shown by the books being made into a motion picture, taught at universities or schools, multiple third-party reviews, et al (see WP:BK). As such, nothing is shown to meet WP:BK. That the subject seems "fairly well regarded" is nice, and a state to which we all aspire. However, this does not meet [WP:BIO]].Tychocat 16:01, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Googling "Christopher M. Norris" just generated 909 ghits for me. --Brianyoumans 19:03, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment True, but many of those are not related to the subject, and if you check, you'll find that only about 252 of the Ghits generated by your search are distinct. For my part, I should have noted that I Googled "christopher norris"+physiotherapist. My bad. Tychocat 23:11, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment his books ranked in the 15-19k range per Amazon.com, which is pretty respectable for specialist health book. Ohconfucius
• Delete per nom. wikipediatrix 16:02, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Userfy. Vanity page, not notable enough for an article.  Cdcon  16:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete non-notable vanity advertisement. Leuko 18:11, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, vanispamcruftisment. --Terence Ong _{(Chat | Contribs)} 18:39, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of UK-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 09:05, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep authors with books published by non-vanity presses. --badlydrawnjeff talk 10:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep appears kosher. Serious author and expert in his field Ohconfucius 13:11, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as a published author notable in his field of expertise. Yamaguchi先生 08:37, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Insufficiently notable. Zaxem 08:53, 17 August 2006 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.