Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karen Hirsch


 * 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. JForget 01:46, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Karen Hirsch

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Blatant self-promotion. The original author simply wrote an article about herself and her work. Except for one reference that mentions her in passing (and her own website), the other references given are generic and include no mention of her. Claims of various honors and exhibits are not referenced and cannot be independently verified. (Contested speedy.) - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 01:13, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete - violates WP:COI, blatant self-promotion, not notable as written (no sources). (GregJackP (talk) 03:15, 3 April 2010 (UTC))
 * Delete. Same concerns as previous users.  Chicken Wing (talk) 21:52, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. I'd like to point out that the user that created the article placed identical information on her user page.  She's basically using Wikipedia for free publicity.  I don't know if her user page information can be removed under some policy or if it's just an annoyance I'll have to tolerate.  Chicken Wing (talk) 21:55, 3 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete, and doesn't reproducing her website here constitute a copyright violation? --Nuujinn (talk) 22:05, 3 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete what's the hangup? kgrr  talk 01:11, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment. I don't think there is much dispute, I would ask that when this article is deleted that the administrator also give consideration to removing the content from Karen's user page, as it's being used for blatant self-promotion, also (which after a review of the policy, also appears to be a violation).  Chicken Wing (talk) 02:35, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The "hangup" is that the article was tagged for speedy deletion, but SD was declined by an admin (a decision with which I disagree), so protocol dictates that the article then go to a formal AfD, as we have here. The upside is that if the article is deleted through AfD, it cannot then be recreated by the original author (or anyone else) without deletion review, which is very difficult. - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 03:23, 4 April 2010 (UTC)
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