Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Scott Ridgway

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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 delete - Liberatore(T) 17:44, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] John Scott Ridgway

Supposedly a published author and blogger but I can not locate the books for sale anywhere, and the titles are at least mildly suspicious. A blogger and author of one or two books published by a Vanity Press. Does not appear to meet WP:BIO or WP:V. Delete Thatcher131 22:17, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep. Examples of books: [1], blog: [2]. Might need cleaning, wiki and so on but there it is... (edit: forgot to sign, sorry Grafikm_fr 22:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC))
Comment Lulu.com is a vanity press, so having a book for sale there is not usually viewed as establishing notability. Thatcher131 22:38, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
Comment Agreed. ^_^ Nevertheless, the book does exist and the guy too. Whether he's worthy of being in Wikipedia is a slightly different question...
My mobile phone, my desk calendar, and my Logitec LHD-PBC8CFU2(B) portable 80Gb hard disk in front of me all exist, but they ain't getting articles.--Calton | Talk 01:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. The requiring a vanity press to publish your work just screams "non-notable", not even taking into account the 46 unique (out of 181 total) Google hits. --Calton | Talk 01:55, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as non-notable. Fagstein 07:05, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete non-notable, I agree with the discussion about the vanity press issue. BGFMSM 20:23, 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.