Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liam Herringshaw


 * 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 of the debate was delete. Mailer Diablo 02:54, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Liam Herringshaw
Reason why the page should be deleted;

A vanity page. The subject is a real person (and does possess a doctorate) but is does not in any way meet wikipedia's notability guidelines (see e.g. | biographies of living persons, | academic guidelines, and | notability. However, I can at least vouch for his appearance on television (University Challenge). It is not clear from google whether or not he has any academic publications whatsoever (no publications in peer-reviewed journals according to googlescholar [], will update with results of WOS search to confirm), and according to what I can find, he appears to hold no academic post (and certainly no tenured post) in the UK or elsewhere, and nor has he ever, beyond his doctoral studies. Many google hits are either wiki-mirrors or self-submitted reviews and comments, although some do indeed pertain to the subject's academic work (conference abstracts and the like). His last known employment seems to have been as an administrator (non-academic) in the University of Leicester's School of Management. Much of the text of the article is clearly spurious (ie cricketing exploits); and contains obvious puffery (certainly the subject is not widely known in academic circles for his research, nor is he 'reknowned' 'renowned' for anything). It is my strong suspicion that the page has been written or edited by the subject himself or by a close associate for a joke. The subject is not notable enough for either his media appearances (of which there are two, both quiz shows where he appeared as a member of the public) )or his academic work to be included in wikipedia, imho. Cheers, Badgerpatrol 01:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --  Wikipedical 02:15, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete for it is indeed AutoVanityCruftPuff-Puffery (some might even say Chuff-Chuffery) and must be banished.  ++D e iz  02:23, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - not notable for Wikipedia article. Standard academic vita. Participation with a group of geology/archeology students on a cricket team does not meet notability bar. &mdash;ERcheck @ 03:13, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.  dbtfz talk 05:03, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. The debate about academics' notability is still very much ongoing, but this person would surely fail pretty much any sensible criteria. Batmanand 15:36, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete undefined Avi 20:45, 16 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Delete or Userfy Avi 20:45, 16 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.