Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roderick O'Brien


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The result was   delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 04:54, 3 August 2012 (UTC)

Roderick O'Brien

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Appears to fail WP:ACADEMIC / WP:GNG. bobrayner (talk) 21:14, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
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 * Delete. WP:PROF. JFW &#124; T@lk  21:34, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete Appears to be a psychiatrist in private practice (although you can't tell that from the article), and works or worked for a for-profit home-care services provider (although it is listed under "volunteer work"). No indication that he passes WP:BIO or WP:PROF. Article gives no indication of why he is notable. Looks like PROD was declined by the author. --MelanieN (talk) 21:29, 27 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 21:41, 1 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep Article may need refocused, but it appears that the subject may meet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics) and should be kept on that basis alone until more can be determined. Citations of his academic contributions are referenced, and several more appear to be listed at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=O'Brien%20RS%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=9827510. If these are important in this field, then it's a strong keep. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Celtechm (talk • contribs) 23:26, 1 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete He is the director of Caring for People (CP), a private home care company.  He is not an academic and only has co-authored a few journal articles.  The other articles that Celtechm found on www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov are from two different RS O'Briens.  One is a physicist in Australia.  One of the journal articles listed in Wikipedia O'Brien article is from the Australian O'Brien. Not close to meeting WP:ACADEMIC.  Previously, the article contained references, but they were to blogs O'Brien has written on sites owned by CP. There are no independent, reliable references.  Doesn't meet WP:GNG.  Bgwhite (talk) 08:08, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete This isn't even close. He fails all notability tests. The article reads like an employee's bio page on a company website, written by a PR or HR person. It even says, "While at Notre Dame, he was a member of the Notre Dame Glee Club and served as the Vice President of the Glee Club in 1994 & 1995." ;) We won't even discuss all the NPOV issues. This is what you called a puffed-up BLP. --76.189.114.163 (talk) 17:05, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
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