Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle


 * 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. WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE applies.  Sandstein  11:39, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle

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 * Per Wikipedia_talk:Articles_for_deletion I'll nominate on behalf of the requester and ask the community: is the subject notable? Vexations (talk) 23:21, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Not sure why, but the search used here for newspapers does not work. The Google news search does: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mark+lindley-highfield&safe=strict&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiml8D_gfjdAhWKIMAKHd6YCzsQ_AUIDygC&biw=1517&bih=730 .  There are also referenced and linked newspaper articles in the article: Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle.  I have requested elsewhere edits to improve the article to meet with acceptable standards. 82.129.81.98 (talk) 23:42, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:19, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Scotland-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 05:19, 9 October 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - I am reverting to my original view that the page should be deleted.  The edit request function is ineffectual and two new editors believe that the article should be deleted, so I now endorse their view in an aim to reach concensus.  I mentioned previously that the page omits my FRSA award and those received from HRH Dom Duarte Pio, Duke of Bragança, and other information that should really be present to make the article complete.  In view of these shortcomings, it should definitely be deleted.MLindley-HighfieldofBallumbieCastle (talk) 08:38, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep It must be kept of course. Wikipedia as an encyclopaedia, is in the business of creating articles about notable people. Here is a page, confirming the subjects bone fides:Mark Lindley-Highfield of Ballumbie Castle. What an fantastically exotic person! MLindley-HighfieldofBallumbieCastle, the page can be modified accordingly to make it more accurate, assuming any sourced references added can be verified. Wikipedia rules frown upon a person editing his own page, but it can be done via a mechanism like Edit requests and somebody will come along and update for you. scope_creep (talk) 12:21, 9 October 2018 (UTC)
 * on the fence at the moment - I am not really seeing much worth reporting, mostly verified from obscure looking sources, although I am not experianced in academic notability he doesn't look astounding in any single specific particular way, also the subject, if it is him, he has not been verified, keeps removing the mention of his involvement in the Ceri Fuller Inquest, which might be the reason for requesting it's deletion. Govindaharihari (talk) 05:25, 11 October 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 02:42, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I could be persuaded to agree with the keeping of the page if as per scope_creep amendments to the page can be done via a mechanism like Edit requests. MLindley-HighfieldofBallumbieCastle (talk) 06:04, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi MLindley-HighfieldofBallumbieCastle, if you plan to use that mechanism you will have to make a declaration concerning conflict of interest, WP:COI on your user page. This is mandatory under Wikipedia Terms of Use. The instructions can be found at WP:DISCLOSURE. Once that is done, the Edit Request mechanism is straightforward. Please read the following: Connected Coi. Thanks. scope_creep (talk) 06:12, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Hi scope_creep. I have done this, thanks.  I still do not mind if the article is deleted.  I noticed that I was affecting consensus, which I do not wish to do, as I believe it is for the editors to decide.  Thank you. MLindley-HighfieldofBallumbieCastle (talk) 06:31, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Coolio. scope_creep (talk) 06:38, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. IntoThinAir (talk) 12:04, 15 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment The COI editor has requested information on their titles to be included in the article, and supplies references linked to and, in some instances, accessible by the subject himself (i.e., his Aberdeen University profile page, which they have access to and are able to alter which information is displayed there). I would normally have accepted these employer-type sources for titles if their notability derived from actions made by the subject while acting in those positions, but many of these titles do not fit that definition (i.e., his role as Principal Examiner of the Cambridge Research Qualification, seeing that his notability derives from his campaign for freedom of speech and the editorial independence of the Gaudie newspaper). Thus I've declined the request. The details presented in that request, combined with the padding of items such as the infobox (awards section, children's first names, etc.) give me pause about the COI editor's intentions for this article. If editors here believe that information—including that in the COI edit request—to be worthy of the article, I invite them to accept these requested changes on the COI editor's behalf. Regards,  Spintendo   20:27, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I trust that editors will feel free to edit or delete as is appropriate. MLindley-HighfieldofBallumbieCastle (talk) 05:50, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
 * I trust that editors will feel free to edit or delete as is appropriate. MLindley-HighfieldofBallumbieCastle (talk) 05:50, 19 October 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete doesn't even come anywhere near WP:GNG. Tony May (talk) 05:03, 24 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Fails WP:SIGCOV.E.M.Gregory (talk) 11:31, 24 October 2018 (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.