Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Crump (author)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 17:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC)

John Crump (author)

 * – ( View AfD View log )

Spammy COI creation, repeatedly moved to mainspace but completely and utterly non-notable "activist" and author. None of his books have coverage, nor does he outside of his own forum, fails GNG and NAUTHOR Praxidicae (talk) 16:47, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:55, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:55, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Virginia-related deletion discussions. AleatoryPonderings (talk) 16:55, 16 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. Spammy and not factual. He's been quoted (directly and indirectly) here and there, but in some of these publications that only demonstrates that he has these opinions and not that the publications are of any prestige. Plus he is just being quoted as an "expert"; hasn't written for them. Regarding the books, one of those books isn't published yet. The other was self-published this year. This article said it made number one in its category on Amazon, but the source provided didn't say that. It's got 0 people who've read it on GoodReads... also points to it not being widely-read. I found another instance of information not being backed up by a source (his "reporting" being in the Chicago Tribune). Someone needs to go over this with a fine tooth comb and check every claim. There may be more false claims in here and I would hate for casual AfDers to fall for it. DiamondRemley39 (talk) 11:32, 18 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete on 2020, everyone knows we are not LinkedIn. Bearian (talk) 18:08, 19 October 2020 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.