Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph G. Davies


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:27, 2 May 2012 (UTC)

Joseph G. Davies

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Does not appear to be very notable. JDDJS (talk) 23:38, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:BIO and WP:AUTHOR. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 07:05, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Forgive my intrusion, I'm new, but Davies is extremely notable in his field. Definitely "is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by peers." User:Prastol1958 —Preceding undated comment added 13:48, 25 April 2012 (UTC).
 * But he has insufficient notability for a Wikipedia article. There is a wide range of notability guidelines that are used to determine notability. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 20:36, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
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 * delete An author's own works doesn't convey notability. Nothing else here. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:25, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Immediately Fails WP:BIO for notability. Article states that he is "award winning" but no WP:RS to justify the statement.  What awards?  Presended by?  Fails WP:BLPSOURCES with no in-line source at all.  All of the books listed with Davies as author are published by Microsoft Press, his employer; none of the books are notable.  Web search of the name "Joseph G. Davies" showed that a thoroughbred horse owner and trainer by the same name is far more notable (and might be a suitable subject for an article if his horses keep winning races).  I also noted in my search that this article returns as "a shopping enabled Wikipedia page" (I can't include the link because it's on Wikipedia's blacklist) which I judge constitutes advertising the Davies' books via Wikipedia.  DocTree (talk) 10:49, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
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