Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Alexander (author)

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 DELETE. JIP | Talk 15:31, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Alexander (author)

This doesn't strike me as being notable. --Spring Rubber 07:58, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. This person is the author of How to Become an Alpha Male (ISBN 1411636600) which has an Amazon ranking of 11,610 which is fairly decent. The article needs work, much like 99% of the rest of Wikipedia, but the subject seems notable enough to cover. Yamaguchi先生 08:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. As the original poster of the article, I put it up because (besides my being a fan) John Alexander is one of the top-selling authors in the dating tips for men/seduction genre. Selfimprovement 1 August 2006
• Comment. If authors like "Juggler" and "Badboy" from the seduction genre have their own entries, John Alexander should too. This whole debate is ridiculous. Selfimprovement 1 August 2006

I have changed the above to a comment as this editior has already expressed a wish to keep the article once, which may confuse someone not paying attention to the signatures. --Spring Rubber 18:23, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

• Claiming the existence of one article justifies keeping another, similar article wouldn't carry much weight, anyway. -Sanbeg 18:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete self-published from Lulu.com lets you publish and sell and print on demand. Dlyons493 Talk 13:06, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete because of limited notability. A brief mention in an article about "dating tips for men/seduction genre" (if such an article exists) might be justified. Rohirok 16:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete no assertion of natability; article reads too much like an advert now. -Sanbeg 18:39, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Without saying so, this article suggests cultural interest. Article expansion would be a plus. NYcine 03:21, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per Dlyons493. Dionyseus 01:03, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete: If there are other vanity authors on Wikipedia, those should be deleted too. We are, I'm sure, all very glad that Mr. Alexander believes in himself. When the world concurs, there will be non-vanity press contracts and verifiable sales and then a Wikipedia article. Geogre 14:37, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Dlyons493. --Aguerriero (talk) 19:19, 4 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.