Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Knox (polyglot)


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:59, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

William Knox (polyglot)

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I am unable to find independent coverage of this particular William Knox indicating that he meets our general notability guidelines or WP:ACADEMIC, at this time. Google reveals a few discussion group hits; GScholar shows nothing independent of the subject's own publications when combined with search terms "Celtic" or "Lingo." Am I missing something? Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:24, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —Shawn in Montreal (talk) 02:26, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I also see that the article creator has removed Category:Canadian linguists and Category:Canadian lexicographers with the explanation that "polyglot" is the most apt description for what he is and does. Problem is, we don't have a Category:Polyglots. If the art creator is doubtful about the academic notability of the subject and wishes to frame him as a notable polyglot, we would need references to establish this notability as a multilingual speaker, which is a tougher row to hoe, I should think. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:40, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions.  —Shawn in Montreal (talk) 13:42, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is very likely a vanity page. Created by WP:SPA account Kingsleyjulian. No WP:RS whatsoever – all "sources" are either his own webpages, e.g. this or this, or pages that sell his "phrasebook" (published by a house that has at least a partial vanity-press payment model, i.e. "For this type of book we may invite an author contribution to the production costs" from Ylolfa). General puffery (like "hyperpolyglot") and WP:OR (are we sure he's "one of only a handful of people who speak four Celtic languages", really?). Seems clear that this page is nothing more than a means to promote the subject. Uncontroversial delete. Respectfully, Agricola44 (talk) 22:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC).
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  -- -- Cirt (talk) 22:54, 16 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete for lack of notability per WP:Notability (people) and lack of WP:Independent sources. By the way, speaking 10 languages and learning an eleventh, while impressive, is hardly unique. See for example this magazine article. Cnilep (talk) 00:51, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete for lack of notability as above. Xxanthippe (talk) 03:29, 17 February 2011 (UTC).
 * Delete - No coverage in reliable sources. -- Whpq (talk) 17:53, 17 February 2011 (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.