Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Preston McAfee

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 No consensus. Stifle 14:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Preston McAfee

This appears to be a vanity article. The only edits to the article have been by a user Prestonmcafee of the same name as the article (except a recent bot AWB edit) during December 17-18. The initial edit even has the summary "a self-description". The content of the article reads like a resume or autobiography. The user has also only made edits to Wikipedia during those two days. I left a message on the user's talk page two months ago about this article and have not received any response. Although the topic of the article is a professor, I do not believe there is much notability in it (at least currently). Spoon! 11:31, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

• Userfy Article subject may have some claim to notability, but the autobiographical nature of the article makes it a userpage entry IMO. --Bugwit grunt / scribbles 12:18, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
• Userfy (perhaps speedy userfy?), this is a self-admitted autobiography. JIP | Talk 12:45, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
• Userfy, per above. PJM 12:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy Keep. Obviously notable as published author and recognized expert in field, 50K or so Google hits -- and more than 1600 Google Scholar hits, holds an endowed chair at a quite major university. And you propose deleting the article because he didn't answer the note you put on his talk page? I can't begin to describe what a bad idea this is without saying things that people would describe as civility violations, but Wikipedians ought to get down on their knees and be thankful that somebody like McAfee even bothers with this project. Monicasdude 20:23, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, NPOV: Notable, but we can't just let an autobiography slide. What part of this is self-promotion, and what is encyclopedic? This page needs attention, but it also needs to be here. Alba 20:30, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, though clean-up --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 20:43, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep!! I am very familiar with McAfee's work... I read the article thoroughly and if anything it errs on the modest side. The PCS spectrum auction netted billions of dollars, etc., but none of this is mentioned in self-aggrandizement. The subject is certainly a very notable economist and removing the article would detract from the quality of Wikipedia. Also, everything is documented and verifiable. -- Wilanthule 03:34, 25 March 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.