Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joseph McGee


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The result was Delete. Hut 8.5 07:42, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Joseph McGee

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I gave this a PROD on grounds of advertisement and COI (subject is Joseph McGee, originator is user:PublictyMcGee (contribs). Originator removed the PROD tag without explanation. I propose that we delete because the article is a conflict of interest, is unsourced, is written like an advertisement, and the subject is of questionable notability - only two of his ten listed works have actually been published. JohnCD (talk) 15:38, 24 November 2007 (UTC) Tx17777 (talk) 16:59, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Unverified statements like, "He enjoys his work with such passion that, though he may be young and lacking the experience of veterans in the literature field ...," and "His work has been praised by such literary talents as Eric Enck, Joe McKinney and other mass-market and small press authors, as well as widely circulated and nationally published periodicals," are inappropriate. The article clearly violates WP:COI and WP:NPOV. --Evb-wiki (talk) 16:50, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Evb-wiki.
 * Delete per above. Rami R (talk) 17:21, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

You may delete this article if you wish. However, I ask next before you make markup that you actually do research beforehand. These other novilazations have book covers, have ISBN number and are listed on web sites, including the publishers from here I found this information. I did list his web site as reference, this also includes the "LINKS" page to where I had entered numerous sites. So please, go ahead and delete this page, but I also hope that there will be no discrimination and dozens of other biographical information of authors are deleted as well. I will not contribute to this web site any longer; but I'm sure eventually, whether it be tomorrow or a year from now, someone will put up a biographical page of this author and of the other four authors I had planned to display.

Thank you.

PS: I did accidentally delete whatever coding was before this, keyword being: accidentally. However, I was told to write an explaination in the EDIT SUMMARY box, which I did. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PublictyMcGee (talk • contribs)
 * Strong speedy delete. No evidence of the substantial independent coverage in reliable sources required by WP:BIO. This is peacock-term-ridden article is a piece of blatant self-promotion in clear breach of WP:COI, and clearly meets WP:CSD. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 12:48, 25 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. Checking the author's bibliography on his website, only one of the novels mentioned has yet been published. Others he lists with pub dates ranging from 2008 to 2010. The one already published, In the Wake of the Night, is published by Publish America, a vanity press. --Pleasantville (talk) 14:23, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. :-)  Stwalkerster  talk 14:23, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


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