Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Hatcher Childress


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The result was keep. John254 02:24, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

David Hatcher Childress

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Borderline case, but I'm of the opinion he fails WP:BIO. He's authored a lot of books, but most are self-published treatises or in conjunction with other authors. He's appeared as a "special guest" on television, but normally in small segments devoted to "news-of-the-weird" craziness (see WP:FRINGE about this problem with asserting fringe notability). He's not academically notable and the sources about him are all self-promotional or fansites. ScienceApologist (talk) 04:14, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Notability is established in the Chicago Reader article. His books also have a number of reviews on Amazon.com. Theymos (talk) 05:34, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Looks fine to me, needs some cleanup. --Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) 05:57, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - Seems to be okay notability wise.  Matt  (  Talk  )   07:35, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Article was relatively "cleaned up" recently, needs a bit more work, but worth keeping. Deconstructhis (talk) 14:42, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions.   —Artw (talk) 09:47, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 6 January 2009 (UTC)


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