Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dick Grote


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The result was   delete. postdlf (talk) 16:30, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

Dick Grote

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Appears to be an autobiography with only primary sources and dubious notability. Supported PROD was removed by a new editor whose only edit was removing that PROD.Mdtemp (talk) 16:18, 22 August 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete - in fact there is an argument for speedy deleting it as a copy-paste of Grote's About Dick Grote webpage! Basically this is a copy-pasted CV of a successful professional, but not someone who meets Wikipedia's notability criteria. I can't see anything that convinces me any of his books are "management classics" or "highly popular". Sionk (talk) 23:30, 22 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. This reads like a vanity piece,with statements like-Grote is the rare management consultant who has been engaged by a labor union. Also could not find sources for most of the claims in the article. BeckiGreen (talk) 03:03, 23 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. The article is a thinly veiled advertisement or autobiography....William 12:12, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
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