Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Arnaud Delorme


 * 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 was keep.  MBisanz  talk 02:33, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Arnaud Delorme

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This article about a living person is in clear violation of COI policies, as described for instance in WP:PSCOI. It was plainly written by its subject, as you can see in the history, and it is laid out like a CV. I’ve mentioned all this in the talk page and gotten no response. Eflatmajor7th (talk) 15:03, 9 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete contributions do not rise to the level of significant impact in his field.John Pack Lambert (talk) 20:31, 12 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I agree, but what about the COI issues? The editor who basically wrote the article is called Arnodelorme. These issues seem even more important to me. Eflatmajor7th (talk) 22:59, 12 November 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * I'm curious about others' opinions on the COI issues here. The plain and simple COI guide says you should not edit articles about yourself, yet this entire article was clearly written by Arnaud Delorme, and is laid out exactly like a resume, which is not the purpose of encyclopedia articles. I don't see a way this article could be easily salvaged. Eflatmajor7th (talk) 23:50, 17 November 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 03:18, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:29, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 02:29, 21 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep and stubbify. Passes WP:Prof with reasonable GS cites in well-cited field. COI is not relevant for delete except that BLP might be stubbified to remove excess promotional bloat. Xxanthippe (talk) 04:28, 21 November 2016 (UTC).
 * Keep as I concur with Xxanthippe, the high of 6,130 cites is enough and that's in Elsevier, certainly enough, and as a lead author. I will comment that I've accepted Drafts or articles at least started by COI for years, as long as they were notable. SwisterTwister   talk  04:33, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Although the article is ridiculously promotional in its current state, the subject looks like a clear pass of WP:PROF based on their citation metrics. Joe Roe (talk) 10:59, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok, so what I'm hearing is that this article will most likely be kept because of the notability of the subject in academia, but someone (probably me) should go through it and take all the promotional-style content out and turn it into something resembling an encyclopedia article? I'd appreciate anyone's suggestions if that's the likely outcome. Eflatmajor7th (talk) 05:45, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is the job of the proposer. You could remove everything below the lede. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:56, 22 November 2016 (UTC).
 * Alright, I'll think about what precisely I'll do, probably will be more in line with what you said than not. Meanwhile, I should wait until an admin decides officially not to delete the article, correct? Eflatmajor7th (talk) 06:56, 22 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Xxanthippe (talk) 21:33, 22 November 2016 (UTC).


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