Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaspers, Jan

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The result of the debate was Userfied by Friday. --GraemeL ^(talk) 11:50, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Gaspers, Jan and Gaspers

I'm getting a couple of warning bells. First of all, the article is created by Jan Gaspers, which get the old vanity alarm going. Secondly, the article is exceedingly vague; if the guy really was a significant scholar, you'd think it'd name some publications, or some academic background, or anything. Thirdly, the Google search for "Jan Gaspers" european integration gets only two hits, which do appear to be relevant but don't seem to establish notability -- if he really was a "well-known scholar who has written ground breaking contributions to European integration theory", you'd think that his name in conjuction with the area he's made ground-breaking contributions to would get a little more hits, peer reviews and whatnot. I can't say that I'm familiar with the field, so I may be wrong; if so, I'm sure the votes will reflect that. -- Captain Disdain 00:50, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

I should probably add that apparently he made a copy of the article at Gaspers, which has been nominated for speedy deletion by someone else. Personally, I'd prefer to see if someone can show notability first and at least get a bit of consensus going, since this goes a little beyond the normal "best warcraft player in the world" or "very best guitarist" stuff that usually gets dumped under {{nn-bio}}. -- Captain Disdain 00:54, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nomination. -- Captain Disdain 00:50, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as vanity. --InShaneee 00:52, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom.--Alhutch 01:01, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as vanity unless someone can prove that he's more notable than this article would suggest. Devotchka 02:13, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
• I've userfied this for now, as it does certainly appear to be an autobiography. I left a user a note on their talk page explaining the move. Friday (talk) 02:42, 30 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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.