Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stan Romanek


 * 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. Stifle (talk) 10:52, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Stan Romanek

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As other users already stated, this entire article fails the WP policy and standards in many ways, including:


 * 1) Notablity (the article is written like a novel)
 * 2) NPOV (the article suggests the events all really accured as a matter of fact, criticism is completely missing)
 * 3) Advertising/Self-Promotion (subjective written - see above, 27 external links to all kinds of supporting websites)
 * 4) etc.

The article in its current form (as of 2008/08/21) is a complete mess and should therefore be deleted if not written in a NPOV and improved in the other points it fails the WP guidelines. I nominated it to be deleted, because this affects the entire article and not only certain parts of it.

As I have no account for the english WP, somebody sharing my thoughts should comfirm my nomination. Thank You.

--93.130.174.137 (talk) 22:24, 20 August 2008 (UTC)


 * The article is good, however it is an heated subject these past days. It should be reviewed and enhance. This is research work for people like myself. Please ensure that it meets Wikipedia requirements, am sure it could be done without deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sparklelight1 (talk • contribs) 23:25, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Above text copied from talk page by ➨ ❝ ЯEDVERS ❞ has nothing to declare except his jeans 09:31, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep All the reasons above (written like a novel, NPOV, self-promotion) are good reasons to edit the article, not to delete it.  There is non-trivial coverage of Romanek's claims, and an encyclopedic NPOV article can include those without supporting them.  Let's not nominate articles for deletion if all they need is to be fixed. Movingboxes (talk) 11:16, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment This is one of those articles that makes me go back and forth about ten times. The question I have is "is the event or the man notable?". I am leaning towards the event. Seems like a case of someone forcing themselves into the spotlight. Similar to those people that claim they have snorted coke with Obama. Anyway, I am leaning towards keeping something on the movie or on his claims and getting rid of the article on the person. Still on the fence for now...   Gtstricky Talk or C 14:32, 28 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete The article is not verifiable with independent sources. The article was edited in the main by a WP:SPA  This would basically constitute WP:NOR. and WP:NPOV as per nom.  If you want to KEEP the article it needs radical editting which in my opinion will leave a stub barely worth keeping.  The editing done since the AFD started does nothing to improve NPOV or reliability benjicharlton (talk) 00:24, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Google news reveals only 1 article briefly mentioning Romanek. HOWEVER, trust no one. The truth is out there... Morbidthoughts (talk) 02:45, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as above. WikiScrubber (talk) 07:22, 5 September 2008 (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.