Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rory Ridley-Duff


 * 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. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 21:40, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Rory Ridley-Duff

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Article does not appear to satisfy WP:ACADEMIC. Hamming 95 (talk) 20:03, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Articles for deletion/Log/2016 March 15.  —cyberbot I   Talk to my owner :Online 20:25, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  /wiae   /tlk  17:01, 16 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Autobiography :( Unfortunately the main editor on the article is User:Roryridleyduff. That shouldn't be a considered for AfD, but it's hard to ignore, especially since he has been notified regarding wp:Autobiography and wp:COI (but does not seem to have responded). The article is overly long and promotional in places. His works range from a book that is cited >600 times ("Reader in Co-operative and Social Enterprise" - which seems to be a textbook) to self-published novels ("Publisher: R J Ridley-Duff (November 7, 2014)"). He does not hold a notable academic position. He might be judged as an author, but except for that one book he hasn't done anything very notable in that area. I !vote Delete, and think it's time to open a COI investigation to attempt to prevent further promotional writing. LaMona (talk) 01:44, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - I'm unable to find independent sources that demonstrate either WP:BIO or WP:PROF are met. SmartSE (talk) 10:42, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete  Autobiography of a non-notable professor. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:22, 17 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete  overlong autobiography. I note that on his website links page, the first entry is to the autobiography, saying "Rory Wikipedia page providing an outline of his career and a full list of peer-reviewed publications. (sic)" -Roxy the dog™ woof 18:46, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete Article claims published music. Checking reference to New Horizons Music yields yields "Welcome to the web-site of New Horizons Music, a partnership created by Rory Ridley-Duff and Stephen Anscombe to promote the music of Protos and its band members." So, self-published, fails WP:MUSIC.
 * Checking "Libertary Editions" as publisher. This is a self-publishing platform.  So is "CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform". So is Scribd. He did publish a textbook through Sage, but it's currently unavailable, according to their site. So, fails WP:AUTHOR.  No references with any depth from reliable sources. John Nagle (talk) 22:30, 19 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete at best and restart later, I would also suggest Draft and Userfy if needed. SwisterTwister   talk  06:21, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't think userfication works well with autobiographies. It would be encouraging behavior we want to discourage. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:04, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Agree, userfying encourages them to work on their autobiography. We should be discouraging it. Joseph2302 (talk) 17:13, 22 March 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.