Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward A. Lyon


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The result was delete. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 02:21, 17 March 2013 (UTC)

Edward A. Lyon

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Spam for an obscure businessman who has allegedly appeared on some TV shows. The involvement of several s.p.a. or COI editors, of course, should not influence whether the article is to be deleted: but I do want to warn readers of the history that the number of editors is clearly smaller than the number of account names used. Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  02:07, 9 March 2013 (UTC)


 * He is a published author with multiple books. They are on amazon and at other retailers currently. This makes it seem legitimate. I would like an opportunity to edit it, before it gets deleted. Admittedly some of the wording is "spammy", but when you get to the bare bones of the page, there is legitimate information there. Wikipedia is known for being a progressive source of information, so I think we should be more open minded about this source before deleting it. I actually used this page a few months ago for a graduate school paper (I used to actual source/links, not wikipedia itself) and found it very useful. Isn't a published author considered notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.51.197.146 (talk) 03:03, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * reply - no, just being a published writer does not make you notable, or hundreds of thousands more of us would have articles here; besides, some of these are not published books, but self-published/vanity press books. -- Orange Mike &#x007C;  Talk  18:32, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete as advertising. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  16:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ohio-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:28, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:28, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:28, 10 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete All but one of the books are self-published, and even that one is in only 75 Worldcat libraries.  DGG ( talk ) 03:45, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
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