Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Lightman


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The result was delete--Ymblanter (talk) 08:35, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Alex Lightman

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Person is not notable; no substantial coverage in reliable sources.

Most of the sources cited are primary (eg. Lightman's book), make no obvious reference to Lightman (eg. this magazine homepage), or are press releases/clearly not reliable (eg. here).

There are a few reliable, secondary sources cited, but they merely quote Lightman and are not about him, and therefore give little-to-no information on Lightman himself. (See WP:PSEUDO.) Many also have other problems. Eg.:


 * This page, which summarizes a talk Lightman gave, links to his Wikipedia bio in the first sentence. Obviously, a source which itself relies on Wikipedia can't be a reliable source for Wikipedia. See citogenesis.
 * This BI article, from late 2014, cites Lightman as the "executive director" of Humanity+. At the time of writing, that hadn't been true for four years. Lightman resigned from his position at Humanity+ in summer 2010 (cite).
 * This article, when quoting Lightman, refers to him as "founder of Humanity+". This is incorrect; Lightman had nothing to do with the founding of Humanity+, which happened in 1998 (cite). Lightman was first appointed as executive director in 2009, over a decade afterward (cite). Spectra239 (talk) 03:11, 17 December 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as it stands - it is possible he's noteworthy, but the lack of RSes, massive use of primary sources, incorrect primary sources (as you note) and uncited claims make this completely unsuitable to keep as a BLP - David Gerard (talk) 17:39, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete Lacks enough reliable sources to show noteability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 19:02, 19 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Seemingly obvious this article is, not currently or perhaps anytime soon, showing even the minimalist signs of better notability and improvement especially given the current sources. WP:TNT at best for a newer better article. SwisterTwister   talk  05:57, 24 December 2015 (UTC)


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