Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nick Sharp

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 00:21, Feb 3, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nick Sharp

This is a vanity page. It is written as a resume, and even refers to his resume as "REFERENCES". Not to be cruel, but he is not significant. He has not written any books of merit, nor served beyond the status of Assistant Profession, a position he's held for 30 years without a promotion. Please consider for deletion.

• Delete. Kingturtle 01:14, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete.-gadfium 01:37, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete vanity. —Korath (Talk) 03:09, Jan 27, 2005 (UTC)
• Comment/question. From an earlier version, a "Sharpism": "I don't care what the little f***s think, I've got tenure." If true, it doesn't seem that he much needs the leg up that someone might imagine an article at Wikipedia might give him. (Not that I'm suggesting that this ought to be a criterion for inclusion.) I'm a bit puzzled, though. This doesn't seem to me to be a typical vanity article, and he seems more noteworthy than some minor "celebrity" (cf Fiona Yuen etc). Would he be Wikipediaworthy if he taught not actually at VCU but instead fictionally within some US TV sitcom? (To me, he seems more interesting and notable, or less boring, than, say, Henry Coleman.)-- Hoary 05:18, 2005 Jan 27 (UTC)
  • You are exactly right. Personally I think anyone with a thesis deserves a blurb here on Wikipedia. It's a hell of a lot better than Pokemon. Rhobite 21:47, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)
• delete an assistant professor is very unlikely to be professionally notable, or else s/he would be promoted above assistant. seems like vanity to me. Michael Ward 04:13, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Non notable. JoaoRicardo 06:40, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- Not notable Longhair 10:11, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: This might actually be the proverbial "average professor". Although Hoary does have a point. Alarm 17:36, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: average professor. Wile E. Heresiarch 00:25, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable enough, possible vanity. Megan1967 01:28, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Published professors are notable enough for inclusion. Rhobite 21:43, Jan 28, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. "Nicholas Sharp" + VCU = 22 Google hits; "Nicholas Sharp" + virginia = 93 Google hits. --Idont Havaname 01:32, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. How many hundreds of thousands of such individuals are there out there. I'm a newbie, so I haven't seen a lot of this stuff yet, but surely we have to draw the line somewhere a lot higher than this! HowardB 11:53, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Delete - Not notable - feeble attempt to puff up a fairly non-descript career. Brookie 17:12, 1 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Comment: Why not ask him if he wants to move it to his user page? 69.243.41.28 03:57, 2 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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