Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tony Attwood


 * 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   Keep Clear consensus on notability and sourcing. As per DGG, disagreeing with a person's position is not grounds for deletion. Mike Cline (talk) 15:50, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

Tony Attwood

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Not notable academic whose article only has a single citation. And most of the page consists of what is apparently advertising for his books that are published at "Future Horizons", a source fringe at best. UltraMagnusspeak 19:50, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Unclear whether this AfD is intended to relate to Tony Attwood the psychologist or Tony Attwood (writer), the direct mail writer? Neither of the pages has been marked with an AfD notice. AllyD (talk) 20:18, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * If it is the psychologist, his page lists a lot more than the Future Horizons publications, including two books at 2598 & 6451 in Amazon UK sales rankings. They're also available in French, German and Japanese translations.  And try typing Tony Attwood into Google Scholar for a massive number of citations in studies on Asbergers.  Even if this AfD is properly flagged, it looks doomed to fail. AllyD (talk) 20:26, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Comment AfD wasn't properly formed (step 1 missing). I've fixed this and remain neutral. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 21:20, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Apologies for that, I guess twinkle malfunctioned and didn't add it to the page, I will check in future that it worked correctly --UltraMagnusspeak 08:26, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Twinkle does that to me sometimes too, no worries :-) Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 11:00, 20 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:19, 20 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Attwood is a leading writer on Aspergers Syndrome on which subject his books have been translated into many languages. His "Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome" has 644 citations on Google Scholar and is at 1001 in Amazon.com sales, 1938 in amazon.co.uk sales with translations at 5779 in Amazon.de sales and 22606 in amazon.fr sales. His Asperger's Syndrome:  A Guide for Parents and Professionals has 102 citations on Google Scholar and is at 10233 in Amazon.com sales, also translated into German and French.  Also searchable on Amazon Japan.  He can also be found cited in major worldwide media such as BBC Washington Post, New York Times and described as "the world's leading expert in Asperger's Syndrome" on ABC.  Google Scholar also has large numbers of further citations.  Note also that his biography page on English WP is interwikied with 6 other languages, and that his "Frameworks for behavioral interventions" is one of the references on the Asperger syndrome article. AllyD (talk) 11:42, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Psychology notified. AllyD (talk) 11:49, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep as per AllyD --Penbat (talk) 11:54, 21 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. Established authority.  GS cites give h index around 17.  Passes WP:Prof #1, at least. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:46, 22 March 2010 (UTC).
 * Delete Dr. Attwood is a cultural bigot with a good p.r. machine who uses casual accusations of Asperger's to demean entire groups of people he's never met whose tastes differ from his. He is not an ethical expert in his field.  -- Davidkevin (talk) 10:58, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter whether or not we agree or not with a persons stance on any given subject. What matters is whether or not they are notable according to our guidelines for inclusion. Dylanfromthenorth (talk) 00:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep His principal book he complete guide to Asperger's syndrome is in over 21600 WorldCat libraries, an extremely wide distribution. It is not an academic book,but a popular one, and is held primarily by public and college libraries, and some major universities, not predominantly by university and medical libraries. I  discount delete !votes from those !voting on the basis that they disagree with his position.    DGG ( talk ) 14:06, 25 March 2010 (UTC)


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