Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglas James Cottrell


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The result was Delete. —Quarl (talk) 2007-03-17 09:09Z 

Douglas James Cottrell

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Orginal research (see WP:OR), and somewhat promotional language. E.g. "... is among a select few who are able to genuinely demonstrate so many different mental/spiritual abilities: remote viewing, clairvoyance, prediction, prophecy, communication with disembodied souls, ... " --Vsion 05:45, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * The person has published a book, thus I don't question the notability at this point. The problem is OR. --Vsion 05:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * See related afd: Articles for deletion/Deep trance meditation --Vsion 06:03, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete I do question notability. A search for the phrase "Many Mansions Press" turns up only 90 results, and the ones that actually pertain to a publisher are all about this book. Being published by a major, reputable publisher confers notability. Being published by a single-purpose publisher does nothing of the kind. Deranged bulbasaur 05:58, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:V. Article is verifiable. Self publications are not a judge of notability Change to Delete. Didn't consider WP:OR or WP:COI. WP:NN is a guideline not a official policy. -- KZ       Talk  •  Vandal  •  Contrib  08:53, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * All that says is that self-publication is not a definitive indicator of non-notability. That's far from saying that it is a positive indicator of notability. If we exclude the book as a source of notability and examine other factors, what are we left with, exactly? To be honest, I don't understand your reply. Deranged bulbasaur 09:08, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete; NN, fails WP:ATT big time, WP:OR, WP:BIO. Cottrell has about 130 unique Google hits, his book is over 1.1 million in sales rank on Amazon, and I just found a full seventeen egregious enough unsourced statements on the article to warrant citation tags.  Even stripping out all the self-promotional, unproven twaddle, on the face of it as a faith healer he's non-notable.  Ravenswing 15:09, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - he's verifiable, but still not notable. -- Whpq 16:49, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete The only non-self published information is from the forward by a journalist in one of his books. This is not independent sourcing. The only way to see whether a psychic is N or not is to see if there are significant references to him. An elaborate page with no such sources is advertising, not a WP article. DGG 17:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete No refs no evidence of notability NBeale 07:22, 16 March 2007 (UTC)


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