Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Lafferty


 * 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. The copyright of the image can and should be discussed elsewhere. Eddie891 Talk Work 14:33, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

Michael Lafferty

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This page relies mostly, if not entirely, on self-published sources or sources with a close connection to one of the subject's companies.

Three of the eight references are marked as "dead links", yet even these lead to websites with links to the subject.

The first reference leads to the Financial Times (subject is described as a "Financial Times journalist"). The second reference (dead) leads to lafferty.com (subject is described as "Chairman of Lafferty Group"). The third reference (also dead) leads to OMFIF's website (subject is described as "co-chairman of Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF)". The fifth reference leads to the Wincott Foundation and is used as a source linking the subject to ... the Wincott Foundation. The sixth reference is lafferty.com again (subject founded this Lafferty Group in 1981, the current Wikipedia page claims). The seventh reference leads to the OMFIF's website again (subject was "involved in the formation of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF)", the current Wikipedia page claims. The eighth reference (dead) follows the claim that "In 2011, he was instrumental in setting up the International Academy of Retail Banking" so yet another company with links to the subject.

I checked to see if it was a recently created page. It is not. It has been here for more than nine years. Most edits, including all the early ones, were by User:Stuartatlafferty. This sounds like a possible employee of the Lafferty Group, one of the subject's companies. User:Stuartatlafferty has made no further edits in the past nine years and has never edited anything other than this subject. User:Stuartatlafferty also uploaded File:Michael lafferty.jpg and included a link to the Michael Lafferty Wikipedia page on the International Accounting Bulletin Wikipedia page ("International Accounting Bulletin was first launched in 1983 as a newsletter by Michael Lafferty", that page states).

A Google search leads to numerous Michael Laffertys. Ignoring Twitter, Facebook, etc, all I can find that possibly relates to this one is this (written though by a Michael Lafferty, so not independent) and The Irish Times, which has only this. Gaois (talk) 00:09, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Journalism-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:15, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 00:15, 14 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Obviously. It fascinates me how this one avoided scrutiny for so long. — {Cryptic  Canadian}  00:36, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Spleodrach (talk) 21:26, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom --Devokewater @  12:50, 15 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I forgot to mention that File:Michael lafferty.jpg is tagged as "a candidate to be copied to Wikimedia Commons". I don't know if this should be allowed to occur or if the file should be deleted too? It won't be used if the article is deleted and it is unclear if User:Stuartatlafferty is, as claimed, "the copyright holder of this work" (the seniority of the employee or their ability to access such a photo is unclear and in the metadata section of the file the author is described as "unknown"). But someone with more knowledge than me might see to that. --Gaois (talk) 21:38, 19 August 2020 (UTC)


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