Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard Prout


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 22:20, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Richard Prout

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The claims of notability don't appear to meet any of our WP:BIO standards, and have no third-party references. Article written by subject. OhNo itsJamie Talk 01:37, 19 February 2009 (UTC) 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —  Aitias   // discussion 00:02, 24 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete Advertisement article for nonnotable subject Letsdrinktea (talk) 00:17, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Article has no reliable references and none can be found. _ Mgm|(talk) 10:20, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Self-promotional. A possiblity too of misleading 'information'. (Is possibly notable for coming up with the longest buzz-phrase I've heard yet - and it seems to be his according to my search - "optimal money management mechanistic value investing systems". {Found in mirrors of this article only.) I don't think that confers enough notability in Wikipedia terms, though.) I have doubts about the Artificial Intelligence claim. There is no mention of AI in connection with European Silicon Structures Ltd except in connection with our subject here - and the only connection between him and them I can find is in terms of this article. AI is not a field I would expect to find involved with "laying out the floor plan of silicon chip designs". Robotics maybe - not the same thing as AI at all. AI is to do with communication with machine 'brains'. Someone who could develop such a system is, to my mind, not a likely candidate to be running an online business (apparently in New Zealand) selling diamond rings. Yet we have the reference here. By the way, if anyone CAN tell me what "optimal money management mechanistic value investing systems" means, I would be grateful. (Not grateful in financial terms, however. Sorry.) Peridon (talk) 21:23, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
 * More I can only find his connection with Satellites International Ltd or with Blower and Watson in this article and mirrors. Similarly, the information about his connection with Kinesis Computing appears to be only in mirrors and an 'interview'. I can't find the info on the 2007 BG awards - in 2008 most seem to be won by member companies in the group. I think the archive ought to be at http://iqara.info/cr/2007_ser_chairawards.htm but I get timed out. I am not saying there is no neutral information on these matters. I am saying that so far I have been unable to find any. If someone else can, please share it with us. Peridon (talk) 20:09, 28 February 2009 (UTC)


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