Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tim Woods (professor)


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The result was   speedy delete. The copyright violation required a quick close before the discussion could run its course. —C.Fred (talk) 21:59, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

Tim Woods (professor)

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I attempted creating this page with Twinkle, but apparently one of my searches was on the spam blacklist, so the page couldn't be saved. Regardless, this professor does not appear to meet the general notability guideline or the notability guideline for biographies. A search using this tool for "Tim Woods" Aberystwyth University only retrieves works by Woods, and searches on the same tool for "Timothy Woods" Aberystwyth University or "Timothy S. Woods" Aberystwyth University retrieve nothing. I also checked Google News and Google News archives using the same search terms, all to no avail. On the description page of the sole image used in the article, the author of the article has identified himself as Woods, making Autobiography and Conflict of interest relevant policies to consider as well. Chris the Paleontologist (talk • contribs) 17:19, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:16, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:17, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

The things you stated Chris (&'Gene93k') it isn't entirely true, and I can't understand why are you saying all of those things... If you had really 'googled': Tim Woods Aberystwyth University or Timothy Woods Aberystwyth University, you'll get this on the front of the page: Aberystwyth University - Woods, Tim www.aber.ac.uk › ... › Staff - Tim has been the organiser of several conferences at Aberystwyth University, including the the British Association of American Studies 2003 Conference at ...

Also wiki states: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability_(academics)section 5 you will see. 5. "The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or "Distinguished Professor" appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon)." He is a well known academic, he happens to be the Dean of Arts at Aberystwyth University, Wales- UK.

My only mistake was that I didn't publish it(contribute the article) under the Wikipedia:Notability (academics) because I didn't know how to do that...maybe you can show me. But please have a look at it:

Check this out: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/staff/tww/

--KaterinaM 20:51, 6 May 2012 (UTC)

unsigned comment added by Kat2012 (talk • contribs) 20:51, 6 May 2012 (UTC)


 * For purposes of this discussion, I'd say to delete for failing the general notability guidelines due to lack of secondary sourcing. The bigger concern right now is that the article is a copyright violation: the text is from Woods' CV page, which is legended "©2012 Aberystwyth University"—and for which I'm prepared to speedy delete the article. —C.Fred (talk) 21:41, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
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