Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William James Maloney


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The result was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. ✗ plicit  23:50, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

William James Maloney

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WP:GNG is definitely not met, and I can't see that WP:NPROF is met, either. The only independent sources are two pieces in The Journal News – the rest is his own books and articles. He is also not notable per WP:NAUTHOR. He is listed in the article as a "co-author" of The ADA Practical Guide to Substance Use Disorders and Safe Prescribing but in fact he is the co-author of one chapter in that publication; his Medical Lives of History's Famous People has no reviews I can find; and his remaining four books are from a vanity publisher (Anaphora Literary Press), and are also not reviewed in any independent publication. bonadea contributions talk 15:58, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators and New York. bonadea contributions talk 15:58, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete. He does not seem to have a lot of academic reputation, definitely not enough for WP:SCHOLAR. I have entertained the possibility of WP:NAUTHOR for his two major publications. One, The ADA Practical Guide etc., might be notable, but he has co-written a single chapter in a pretty large collection, it's not exactly a monograph that would substantiate his expertise. Medical Lives was published by Bentham, which is pretty much a borderline vanity press. Overall, I find neither WP:SCHOLAR, nor WP:NAUTHOR substantiates notability. Ergo delete.Ari T. Benchaim (talk) 00:05, 10 May 2022 (UTC)


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