Talk:William Thetford

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Articles for deletion This article was nominated for deletion on 27 June 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

Most of the article's information is found in the books, Skutch, Journey Without Distance, and Wapnick, Absence from Felicity. Added them as external references as well as some footnotes to the text.
Perhaps we should leave the anecdotes out, imho they are too narrative to be taken in an encyclopedia.

Valentinus 22:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Began this page based primarily on info from the miraclestudies.net website. Also used some info from Absence of Felicity by Wapnick, and other related sources. If you might have any additional helpful info, please feel free.

Scott P. July 8, 2005 17:50 (UTC)

[edit] Analysis for deletion

The following reasoning is given to suggest that this is original research:

The article is recursive rather than informative. It hasn't any reputible sources which specifically address the content it states. Sources for this article are apparently recursive circular references to themselves.

The following verifiability tests were performed per WP:VER:

  • A check on miraclestudies.net found the site to be a small collection of books centralized on a specific theme, rather than on information about William Thetford himself. In order to be verifiable information, This article is required to have reputible sources.
  • The internet site has an anonymous and unverifiable owner per information available through internet registry services and is therefore unverifiable:
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The following tests were performed to check for notability of the subject per WP:BIO:

  • The person has made no widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in their specific field.
  • The person is not a political figures holding international, national or statewide/provincewide office or a member of a national, state or provincial legislature.
  • The person is not a major local political figure who receive significant press coverage.
  • The person is not widely recognized as an entertainment personality or opinion maker.
  • The person is not a reputible athlete.
  • The person is not a notable actor or television personality who has appeared in well-known films or television productions.
  • The person is not a published author, editor or photographer who has received multiple independent reviews of or awards for their work.
  • The person is not a painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, or other professional whose work is widely recognized (for better or worse) and is unlikely to become a part of the enduring historical record in their field.
  • The persons has not achieved renown or notoriety for their involvement in newsworthy events.
  • The person has not been the primary subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the person.
  • The person is not a notable musician.

Alternative Analysis (not necessarily supported by consensus):

Other tests for inclusion that have been proposed (but haven't necessarily received consensus support) include:

  • The professor test -- fails test as psychologist
  • Verifiability -- Can all information in the article be independently verified now? (some say) 10 years from now? -- Unverifiable without due original research.
  • Expandability -- Will the article ever be more than a stub? Could the perfect article be written on this subject? -- The article appears to be autobiographical information.
  • Autobiography -- Has this been written by the subject or someone closely involved with the subject? -- Assume Good Faith
  • Google Test -- Does the subject get lots of distinguishable hits on Google or another well known search mechanism?
  • Google: 70,100 very low.
  • Alexa web search: 1,955
  • Alexa traffic rating: INVALID

Determination: This person is therefore not-notable, the information unverifiable, and the article is written in a POV sytle. The article hasn't cited any reputible resources and is therefore wholly original research. This article will be nominated for consensus to delete. Comments on this analysis may be made during the AfD consensus. Ste4k 04:11, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Homosexual

I provided the information that Dr. Thetford was a gay man. See List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people/P-T, which includes one of several references to this fact [1]. Cheers, --Alienlifeformz 00:11, 18 December 2006 (UTC)