Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Poul Thorsen


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The result was delete. Jenks24 (talk) 13:48, 22 October 2015 (UTC)

Poul Thorsen

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Pseudobiography of a researcher accused of fraud and listed on HHS' most wanted fugitives list. Violates WP:BLPCRIME. Gets some coverage for vaccine-autism controversies. Recreated after PROD deletion and PRODed twice again. • Gene93k (talk) 11:37, 14 October 2015 (UTC) • Gene93k (talk) 11:37, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
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 * Delete per WP:BLPCRIME. I found sources here, here, and here, but this seems to have the potential for WP:COATRACK. Per the Forbes article:
 * Since news of his indictment on 22 counts of wire fraud and money laundering broke in April 2011, the conspiracy adherents have homed in on Thorsen as the mastermind of a fraud to convince people that vaccines are not causative in autism. Why Thorsen? Because he is the fourth author of seven on a paper showing no link between MMR and autism in a large population study of Danish children. The study and data, which are readily checked thanks to Denmark’s meticulous population registries, have not been called into question (through formal channels) or retracted.
 * I'm not convinced that this has the coverage necessary to write an appropriate BLP. - Location (talk) 12:52, 14 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete as lacking substantial coverage, per BLPCRIME and BLP1E, noting that the article is indeed almost certainly an antivax stalking horse. Guy (Help!) 12:58, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete To be a biography, something must actually be there about the person.  The source presented is absolutely BLP1E/BLPCRIME material, and thus this BLP must be deleted ("Res delenda est") Collect (talk) 13:52, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, with all deliberate speed As Users Collect and SzG point out, and a quick google reveals, this article by a SPA is a hit piece on a researcher whose work is disliked by some pretty intense anti-vaccine activists.  An embarrassment for Wikipedia.E.M.Gregory (talk) 18:58, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete as per above - Fails BLP1E & BLPCRIME. – Davey 2010 Talk 20:41, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Fails BLP1E & BLPCRIME, amongst other concerns. Asav | Talk 21:16, 14 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - Per reasons above. If he was fourth author out of seven, his role in the paper was almost certainly minor. And I do not believe any of the other people on that wanted list have articles. Note that it says "awaiting extradition to the United States", but it does not mention any legal proceedings in Denmark. Roches (talk) 03:56, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete Clear case of WP:BLPCRIME, etc. OhNo itsJamie Talk 01:11, 16 October 2015 (UTC)


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