Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Tham

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 Deleted by Elf-friend. Closing only. Stifle (talk) 20:13, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] David Tham

I appreciate that the original author added some citations after I tagged this entry with 'prod' last week. Reviewing the evidence, though, I still think this is a vanity page. (1) googling for "david tham" and nanoknowledge turns up nothing but this page, a similar promotional page at everything2, and a corporate bio that cites the wikipedia page, (2) a global periodicals search in Nexis for "david tham" and nanoknowledge turns up ZERO hits, and (3) an ABI/INFORM search of academic literature for the same search string also turns up ZERO hits. I wish Tham good luck with his consulting business, but I don't see that Wikipedia should be part of his advertising platform. Uucp 14:56, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

All the citations are to his own original research or seminar presentations. Thatcher131 16:39, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

• delete as above. Note, anon IPs have been removing AFD notices from at least one other article (Nanoknowledge) promoting Mr Tham, as well as blanking ADF pages, and listing the userpage of at least one delete voter (me) on AFD. Pete.Hurd 15:48, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
• I don't either. Delete and public caning per nom as (possibly spurious) vanity page. RGTraynor 16:27, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
• Without evidence that Tham's theories have been written about by independent reliable sources this is just Original Research. Good luck in your business and if your ideas become great, people will write your article for you. Delete for now. Thatcher131 16:32, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Will change vote if sources are provided. Fagstein 06:24, 20 April 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.