Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael W. Allen


 * 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   keep. King of &hearts;   &diams;   &clubs;  &spades; 06:59, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Michael W. Allen

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Created in 2006, yet looks like an advertisement still. There are no second or third party sources available for the person or his company. This is promotional only. &mdash; PROD text by converted to AfD by &mdash; RHaworth  10:21, 6 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete. Reads like a combo ad/resumé/press release. I searched for the subject in the Biography and Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) and found 6 entries, all exclusively in the Marquis Who's Who in America for 1994-1997, 2000, and 2001. A problem is that the date of birth is listed as 1948 and the article states DOB for Allen to be 1946. So either there are NO BGMI entries, or there's an error in the article or the source. Even if this IS the 1948 Allen, and this source is considered one of the more authoritative of the Who's Who products, this is the ONLY source BGMI is citing. The lack of an entry since 2001 is a good indication that the subject stopped purchasing the volume and was dropped by the publisher (I speak from personal experience). Lacking other authoritative third party cites as to notability leads me to conclude this WP:BLP should be deleted. --Quartermaster (talk) 13:43, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I envy your command of the subject Quartermaster. Mark  Dask 19:06, 6 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:36, 6 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep: I'm fully aware that this article, in its current form, is pants. However, the topic is clearly N, and IMHO the article can be saved. I'm working on spherical tokamaks right now, I'll do this one next if given the chance. Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:35, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep: Maury has the right experience to make this encyclopedic. Mark  Dask 16:17, 10 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Change from Delete to Neutral. I don't have strong feelings on this and if this can be rescued, I see no hurry to delete. The subject is in sore need of third party authoritative cites. Spherical tokamaks, eh? Bravo! --Quartermaster (talk) 14:30, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:04, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Userfy as Maury Markowitz is willing to work on the article. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 18:33, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Keep if he was the chief architect of Arthurware, he's notable   DGG ( talk ) 01:59, 13 January 2011 (UTC)
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