Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nigel Clarke

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 a consensus to delete from article space. But it appears that Taryn85 is Nigel Clarke. Thus, I will userfy this entry by moving it to User:Taryn85 and delete the resulting cross-namespace redirect. I would advise Mr. Clarke to avoid making unfounded accusations of racial bias. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 22:39, Jan. 5, 2006

[edit] Nigel Clarke

Was flagged for speedy deletion, but does not meet criteria. Moved to AfD. EdwinHJ | Talk 06:28, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

• Comment Is listed as having written a book. EdwinHJ | Talk 06:26, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as non-notable bio, possible hoax, vanity, original research, unverifiable. Amazon lists the book (whose title is misspelled in the article) as authored by Vincent C. Jones [1]. Nigel Clarke wrote feedback on Amazon. Either the article is a hoax or the author is not smart for writing "feedback" in his own name. --Quarl 06:46, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Speedy delete as vanity. Just check the edit history and the contributions of the two primary writers of the article. B.Wind 06:49, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete vanity, as B. Wind says. Username coincides with subjects company name, user has no edits outside this subject, tone is nauseating and content is substantially unverifiable. Nor is this the top Google hit for Nigel Clarke. "Nigel Clarke" design gets about 600 Google hits, "Guy Chapman" cyclist gets 1700 - this person is apparently less prominent in his chosen field than I am in mine. Just zis  Guy, you know? ^[T]/_[C] AfD? 12:15, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
• Comment I have helped write a book. The book is entitled "High Availibility Networking with Cisco". If you Google on my name "Nigel Clarke" and the words "security", "IETF", "craftedpackets" or Cisco you will see many return results. Why do I have to be the top Google hit to get listed on Wikipedia? I am also a freelace writer and photographer. Google on my name and "boxing" and you will see many articles and interviews that I have performed. One thing that I find odd is that EdwinHJ's entry which clearly a vanity page is not marked for deletion. Why is that? Maybe the administrators don't think my profile and skin color match. In addition, to answer Quarl's comment about the book, I am one of the contributors of the book and my name is listed inside as a contributor. Vincent Jones is the author, but I assited in writing the book and I believe I mentioned that in the article.—Preceding unsigned comment added by Taryn85 (talk • contribs)
• EdwinHJ's entry is a user page. Users are allowed to write whatever they want about themselves, even things completely non-notable. The main namespace (where your article is) is for encylopedic articles, and unencyclopedic articles are put up for deletion. Since you wrote the article about yourself, please see WP:AUTO; it is better not to write about autobiographies -- they are prone to vanity and original research; Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. You mentioned that you are an author in the book, but I couldn't verify it through casual research -- can you provide a reference? If the article has a clear assertion of notability (unverifiable contribution to one book may not be notable enough), and has vanity removed, I will be happy to vote Keep. See Wikipedia:Criteria_for_inclusion_of_biographies —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-01 09:31Z
• Speedy Delete He just admitted that it was a vanity page. -- MicahMN | μ 20:21, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per all above. EdwinHJ | Talk 22:42, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

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