Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/J. W. Smith


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The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 18:30, 27 October 2014 (UTC)

J. W. Smith

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This article does not meet WP:ACADEMIC in my books. Does not work at a university, has not published in journals, and most of his books were published by the "Institute for Economic Democracy", which (according to the article) Smith himself "founded and presides over". bender235 (talk) 16:24, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Fails WP:BIO and its subcategories as written. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 03:47, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete No independent coverage. 131.118.229.17 (talk) 21:49, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
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