Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Keith Johnson (author)


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The result was delete. North America1000 22:50, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Keith Johnson (author)

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This article is completely inappropriate for Wikipedia. It seems to be self-written. Although interesting, the subject is not notable. The information about his life are just links to Friends Reunited. The section on books are links to online catalogues containing books written to him. Wikipedia policy is not to have articles on every author ever to have lived. Later sections link almost exclusively to timetabler.com, his personal website. Although the author of the article has created an interesting page, it is not one supported by adequate sources or suitable for inclusion on Wikipedia. It should also be noted that previous deletion discussion on the talk page has contributions from multiple one-off editors in support of the subject. 2A00:23C4:A688:DB00:D4F6:B412:33B8:ACD1 (talk) 19:27, 16 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment Completing nomination on behalf of IP editor per request at WT:AFD. Above text is copied from article talk page.  I remain neutral on the nomination itself at this time.  -- Finngall   talk  21:33, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - I had a go at improving this article in 2013, and 3+ years later no-one has written anything substantial about the subject. It fails WP:GNG, and WP:AUTHOR. Flat Out (talk) 23:03, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
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 * delete as WP:PROMO. Johnson writes introductory textbooks and produces visual teaching aids. Quite a few of the sources are teaching tools (#56 is a good example ).  Others are dead (#27 " "School Science Review Article". School Science Review. SSR Vol 60, No. 212, 1979, 562) Citation #11 does lead to a list of genuine reviews on Johnson's personal webpage of the teaching tools he produces in journals such as "Association for Science Education : School Science Review" (the first one linked) is interesting because the Bold purple highlighting of the words "of such excellent quality and durability" refers to the physical quality of the "overlays" for use in an old-fashioned overhead projector; not to the caliber of the book itself.  I did not click every one of the 58 citations (many are dead, others conspicuous primary sources, such as the publishers)  What I did not see was any coverage of Johnson himself, or of his career, or an indication that any of the teaching tools or textbooks he has written are at all notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:22, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Although the article has been WP:REFBOMBed, not a single one suggests the subject passes WP:BIO or the WP:GNG. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 12:08, 17 January 2017 (UTC)


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