Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eric Wilson (author)

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The result was delete. Mailer Diablo 10:38, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Eric Wilson (author)

• This article is self-promoting, and has absolutely no importance to Wikipedia as a whole. —Preceding unsigned comment added by PhattyFatt (talk • contribs)
• Neutral This is copied verbatim from http://members.shaw.ca/ericwilsonweb/about.htm, which appears to be Eric's homepage, having the appearance of a vanity article. However, regarding notability, a google search came up with 84,700 with "Eric Wilson" author, so I think that along with his book sales it would make him a notable enclopedia entry. A rewrite would be needed in order to keep the article. --Porqin 19:59, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Comment This is an awfully long collection of platitudes with hardly anything concrete. He's an author? How come the article doesn't mention a single thing he wrote? Fan-1967 20:05, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I would tend to agree with you. I was too harsh on the article to begin with. However, this needs to be totally overhauled and made factual, rather than having it as a plagarized vanity article. I suggest that someone with a level of expertise on the subject (who has no inherent bias) should take control of this article. Until then, we should delete it, because its current presence is that of promotion, and not an encyclopedic entry. -PhattyFatt 20:06, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as copyvio. It's taken from the URL above. --ColourBurst 20:10, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. -- Alias Flood 01:10, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

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