Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dr. Terry Lydell Bowser, Sr.


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The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 04:21, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Dr. Terry Lydell Bowser, Sr.

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Was tagged for speedy deletion, however this subject has written a book and has material on commons and on wikiquote. Taking here for further discussion before any deletion decision is made. Tbsdy (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 22:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment: I was the speedy tagger (G11 Blatant Advertising) and I was a bit on the fence so AfD is probably a better approach. I'll just throw out some information and let the rest of y'all use it. For starter, the one book he has written, From slavery to the Presidency, is a self-published work via CreateSpace (on demand publisher purchased by Amazon). Using Open WorldCat I can find no library that owns it. Searching Lexis-Nexis Academic for the last two years turns up zero reviews. Searching Lexis-Nexis Academic for the last two years for "Terry Bowser" or "Terry L. Bowser" or "Terry Lydell Bowser" turns up a single false drop. A Google search turns up a number of hits, but none seem to come from authoritative sources. On Amazon.com (where the book can be purchased), there is a single review glowing review from one reader. The Amazon sales rank is 3,828,994th most popular book. I can't see this person as being notable enough, nor his one self-published book being of any real note. --Quartermaster (talk) 23:49, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Strong delete as paid-editing WP:SPAM originating from this posting on elance dot com. The posting is from the name "bowser52000" and reads "I need someone to create a Wikipedia article about myself. I will provide you with all the descriptions and etc and you have to make sure the description is formatted in a way that it can get past the "autobiography" filter in Wikipedia. I have a book that need to be described in the article in a neutral way so that it won't seem like you are advertising for me. The goal of this is for me to have my own Wikipedia page with details about myself, career, book, goals and etc." I've had this link on my paid editing watchlist for some time now.  Them  From  Space  00:50, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I also notice User:ValerieBock/Dr. Terry L. Bowser, Sr., which was also likely created from the spam request. Although that would normally have to go through MfD, I would suggest taking care of them both at once in this AfD, through IAR.  Them From  Space  00:55, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * This article should probably be deleted and salted. -Quartermaster (talk) 18:12, 6 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - paid autobiography for which there are no independent reliable sources to establish notability -- Whpq (talk) 17:59, 8 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per above. Essentially vanispamcruftisement, and please nuke the userspace copy too. MER-C 09:07, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
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