Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Flor


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 02:40, 16 September 2013 (UTC)

Alexander Flor

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Article does not satisfy criteria for WP:PROF and violates WP:SOAP NoyPiOka (talk) 09:59, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:37, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philippines-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:37, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 10:37, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep - But article needs to be rewritten to reflect actual significance: On the basis of the first criteria for notability of academics:"The person's research has made significant impact in their scholarly discipline". Flor's contributions to the field of Development Communication, particularly of the Los Banos school, certainly make him notable, although I'm afraid the article doesn't seem to make this particularly clear.  I submit that just his redefining of Development Communication from the cybernetics POV launched what (at least at the time) was a new investigative thrust for the field.  His attempt to clarify the role of development Communication in comparison to the Four Theories of the Press as expressed by Siebert was also a significant conribution to the pracitce, if not the theory of the field. As far as I can tell, scholar would be remiss if he or she did an overview of literature on the application of Knowledge Management and the Decision Sciences to Development Communication in the Southeast Asian context without at least acknowledging his inputs.  - Alternativity (talk) 14:18, 8 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - This article looks like it was written by the subject himself. For example, it keeps using the term, he is "credited" but without any documentation as to who credited him other than himself in his own, non-peer reviewed works.  I vote to promptly DELETE it for the following reasons:  1) Searched and found no evidence of notability that would pass WP:GNG; 2) No secondary sources are presented or available to keep this article; and 3) He has not been published in any top-tier (Thomson Reuters/ISI) peer-reviewed journal/forum in his field.Kwantog (talk) 23:03, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. At some universities vice chancellor is the top administrative position but in his case it appears that the university president fits that role and that vice chancellor is a lower level position, not enough to meet WP:PROF. And his citation record is not enough for #C1. What else is there? —David Eppstein (talk) 01:31, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete. This piece should be deleted immediately. It should not have been allowed in Wikipedia in the very first place. It is purely a self-gratification piece. Just browse the Internet (Yahoo, Google, MSN, etc.). You will not find a single scholar or authority in his field reviewing this person's work.  All you find in the Internet are listings of his so-called books, which are really nothing but gray literature (not peer-reviewed, not ranked, no clear contribution to the information technology or communication fields other than what he claims in Wikipedia). His WP article (especially before its revision last week) was obviously focused on  names-dropping than anything else. WE NEED TO TAKE OUT THIS ARTICLE ASAP.Jkallo (talk) 21:53, 9 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - As a student of the University of the Philippines (albeit of UP Manila rather than UP Open University), it pains for me to say that he is not notable. He may be a vice-chancellor, but that is not an inherently notable position by itself. He has also not been the subject of enough reliable coverage. Narutolovehinata5 tccsdnew 09:40, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - I vote to delete this WP article.  The key problems with this article are that it miserably fails to satisfy the clearly-stated criteria for WP:PROF and it also clearly violates WP:SOAP, while serving as a self-promotion tool for this person.  It seems that the only one voting to keep it is the creator of the article (Alternativity) for obvious reasons. However, his defense of this article is something that is based on pure opinion and cannot be validated, or hearsay evidence as they call it in court.  Simply put, this Alexander Flor (the subject of the article) appears to be engaged only in mediocre scholarship by seeking to use Wikipedia as his platform for self-advertisement.Jessicakeltos (talk) 22:29, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete - Alexander Flor likes to bloat and fake his credentials, which is one more reason to delete his Wikipedia entry, besides not having any recognized piece of scholarship. Just take a look at the Edit History for his WP entry, especially in August to early September 2013.  For example, he tried to conceal the fact that he did not earn any degree from any university outside of the Philippines, his native country, by stating that he did a "post-doctoral tour" (which does not mean anything) at the University of Southern California and University of Hawaii.  He erased it, when one of the editors clarified in the text that he did not complete any post-doctoral program or fellowship at these two universities.  He also tried to make it appear that he was an elected fellow of scientific organizations by indicating in WP that he was a "member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science."  He deleted these entries again when someone pointed out that he was just a fee-paying member, not an elected fellow or these scientific societies.  Then, in the same lead paragraph in WP, he claimed to have "collaborated" with some experts in the communications field but he deleted this when one of the editors pointed out that his alleged "collaboration" did not produce any tangible result such as a scholarly research or published output.  All these only show that this Alexander Flor fails  all counts of the notability criteria for a scholar or professional in the development communication field. Waov12 (talk) 19:51, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
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