Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tom Wheelwright (author)


 * 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. -- RoySmith (talk) 01:13, 21 September 2019 (UTC)

Tom Wheelwright (author)

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Fails WP:ANYBIO. UPE spam. &#x222F; WBG converse 12:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:10, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Speedy Keep - It seems a bit unfair and aggressive to call this article spam, its subject easily meets Wikipedia's standards for notability Re: WP:GNG and WP:AUTHOR. It has plenty of WP:RS, a simple Google search will pull up sources such as Forbes, Fox, CNBC, Accounting Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, ABC, Entrepreneur, and others. The article itself has numerous sources and references, and is written in a neutral tone. Although the editor claims that I am undisclosed paid editor, there is literally a disclosure template on my userpage as per Wikipedia's rules. I would be happy to improve the article in any way suggested, or to allow others to edit it. Unless I am missing something, there seems to be no cause for outright deletion. I would appreciate some other editors weighing in on this to figure out what ought to be done. KoenigWrites (talk) 21:59, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * What DGG says below. Your disclosure is meaningless and which part of WP:PAY can't you understand? &#x222F; WBG converse 09:53, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. KoenigWrites is the creator both of this article and of Tax-Free Wealth, see Articles for deletion/Tax-Free Wealth. Narky Blert (talk) 05:46, 16 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete Spam it is. He is an accountant, not an author. Despite what is implied in the article, he has written one book only,  published by "Rich Dad Advisors", the in-house self-publishing press of  Robert Kiyosaki,  a bankrupt  financial advisor. He's contributed chapters to some of that firm's other books, and seems to be an assistant to his enterprise. The purported good sources are just mentions where he or his PR agent gets himself included in a general article about taxes, or else promotional interviews where he says what he pleases.  The only disclosure by  this paid editor   is  that he is paid by Anthony Conti, whomever that may be.   Arguments by paid editors, declared or not, for their own paid articles need a certain amount of discounting, for reasons that should be obvious.  (the advice for those whose articles ae nominated for deletion is to comment, as for anyone else with direct COI, and let others decide. One of hte arguments against paid editing of any sort is that it induces people who would not otherwise be entitled to an article to try to get one. This can even harm them, for if after the article is deleted they should ever become notable, it strongly decreases the chances that there will ever be an accepted article. The very few good paid editors here are very careful about what jobs they accept.  It's rather obvious what "ought to be done. "    DGG ( talk ) 18:36, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete. Talk about WP:REFBOMBING. I looked at all 31 citations (sic - there are some duplicates) in the article, and not a single one of them is an independent source specifically about him, as required by WP:RS. They are a mixture of passing mentions, quotes, interviews and promotional material. Fails WP:GNG and WP:BIO.
 * (I was particularly taken by this sentence in one of the citations - "[Wheelwright] is best known for making taxes fun, easy and understandable".) Narky Blert (talk) 05:16, 16 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete I see no value in keeping this article. Let its putrefying remains be fed to the fires of our discontent as symbol of both our virility and our commitment to vanquishing paid editing! The sources are as trivial as they come.  The subject of this article is extremely WP:MILL.  Thus, verba delenda est! Rockphed (talk) 13:12, 18 September 2019 (UTC)


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