Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Van Dijck


 * 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. Jaranda wat's sup 21:08, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Peter Van Dijck

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Starting a mailing list or developing some specification no one uses does not make you notable. also, primary contributor is the person who the article is about - User:Petervandijck Misterdiscreet 03:07, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. "Wikipedia is not an advertising service." --Malcolmxl5 03:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above comments. Oysterguitarist 03:24, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment Perhaps Belgian parents should be a little more mindful about what their baby names sound like in other languages. ~ Infrangible 03:35, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey, it's no worse than Dick Van Dyke. Oh, and delete as obvious spam. Calgary 04:58, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep with conditions. In addition to reviewing the article, which is spam, I also looked at several articles that Google turned up.  A contention for “Notoriety” could be made given some of the hits and references.  Likewise, I noticed that no one notified the author about the “Afd”.  How about we give him/her a week to rewrite on a more biographical tone and than reconsider whether to keep or not.  By the way, I’ll notify the author of the situation. ShoesssS Talk 05:14, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * people should not be encouraged to edit, let alone create, articles about themselves, per WP:AUTO. also, as courteous as it may be to notify an author, it is not a requirement for AfDs Misterdiscreet 06:08, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Hey Misterdiscreet..I agree with you! That is why I only gave it a “Weak Keep”.  Regarding notifying the author, I found in several other articles under similar circumstances, that once the author was aware of the situation a complete rewrite under Wikipedia guideline was made and the article salvaged.  ShoesssS Talk


 * Weak delete unless adequately sourced. Van Dijck appears to have some domain notability as a web architect and author (and even entrepreneur), but sources are not plentiful. --Dhartung | Talk 09:24, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Belgium-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 11:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, as I still do not know why this person is notable.
 * Feel free to delete, since it seems I shouldn't have written this page :) Petervandijck 06:03, 20 July 2007 (UTC)


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