Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/José-María Siles


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The result was   delete.  Singu larity  09:16, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

José-María Siles

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I'm sysop at gl.wp, and we have found a conflict of interests on the article gl:José María Siles. We have deleted it there, but the strategy includes cross-wiking and sockpuppets, so I am afraid that's a common problem for many wikipedias concerning articles about José María Siles. Probably, problem goes further than simple deletion.

See Talk:José-María Siles in order to read all the evidences (not all, but most of them). --Xabier Cid (talk) 12:29, 24 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Not to be deleted Searched in google.com a couple of minutes ago: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,180 for "jose-maria siles". (0.05 seconds). Enough reasons to keep the article José-María Siles on en.wp. Siles is a very well known journalist in Europe. --AYZ 14:02, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment A high number of Google hits doesn't establish notability. // Townlake (talk) 14:08, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * You're right, Townlake But we always look for references to analyze before taking a decision. // AYZ (talk) 14:16, 24 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.59.249.130 (talk)
 * Don't forget to sign your posts the proper way, please (i.e., don't just copy-paste someone else's sig and substitute it with your own name). Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 14:21, 24 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. Everything suggests that there is promotion (or self-promotion). --Arco de Rayne (talk) 15:00, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I guess this is a perfect case of conflict of interest. To assesse the relevance is pointless: we have to take into account the deliberate promotion of a career, using different sockpuppets, on several wikipedias (en., de., fr., es., gl., ast...). By the way, User:AYZ is one of the users created in order to promote this CV, as it is easy to check on here. --Xabier Cid (talk) 15:46, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 16:46, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just another non-notable journeyman journalist who hasn't even published a book.  Fails WP:BIO, WP:N, WP:BK, etc. etc. Qworty (talk) 23:58, 24 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Although he may claim some notability in Spain, I don't think it's notable enough to be included in the English Wikipedia. Even if kept, a full rework is needed, since none of the provided external links provides the information included in the article (it's sensible since it's Siles itself, or a close friend or relative, the one that has written down the biography). --Ecemaml (talk) 16:20, 27 May 2008 (UTC)


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