Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Allen (author)

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash; Xezbeth 16:26, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)

David Allen (author)
Delete Reads like an ad Bloghate 04:53, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The book (Getting Things Done) appears to be notable, so the author should be too. Abstain, while I check for sales. - Mgm|(talk) 08:26, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. POV is listed in the table of problems that don't require deletion.  David Allen deserves an article but this one badly needs some POV removed and real content added.  --Beirne 12:07, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)   ; (23skidoo: After my first post I removed the POV as well as unrelated links.  Chunitaku: David Allen has actually written two books.  I agree that the article needs content, though. --Beirne 22:21, Jun 17, 2005 (UTC)).  Another update.  I was close to changing my vote to Delete since the article had just one line, but decided it is useful to know something of David Allen's background.  I follow the GTD program but have always wondered what David Allen's background was.  The material from his business says next to nothing but I used some of the information from the Atlantic article to build up the Wikipedia entry. --Beirne 14:36, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, though it appears to have been reduced to a stub, so need expansion. But certainly notable enough. POV is not grounds for NPOV. Be bold and edit if you feel something violates NPOV. 23skidoo 16:32, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notably is subjective, and his book is notable, so not him? I don't think so.  Antares33712 21:33, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Only one book. Not very valuable.  It duplicates everything in the article about his book.  Until new information comes, I say delete. Chunitaku 21:44, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete agree with Chunitaku. JamesBurns 00:00, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I did some more editing and added references for his two books. His bio, as scant as it is, does lend a certain context to his gospel, so I vote to keep the page. I'm not sold on the name, though. Maybe David Allen (productivity consultant) would be more accurate since he's apparently not much of a writer. (See reviews on Amazon) Dystopos 05:32, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. --ElfWord 14:52, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Book is notable, author is of interest to those who follow its methods. The "David Allen" disambiguation page lists him as the author of Getting Things Done, and that's probably how most wiki-users know him; few of us are huge corporations picking out productivity consultants to hire--even though David Allen's own website emphasizes that role. betsythedevine 15:03, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Meets the writer criteria for notable inclusion (1 book, over 50,000 copies) --TNLNYC 22:29, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand... notable to me.--Poli 03:43, 2005 Jun 23 (UTC)


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