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The result was delete. → Call me Hahc21 03:08, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Andrew Nichols

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Non-notable parapsychologist, could only find one parapsychology blog that mentions him any detail. Has promoted fringe claims about ghost hunting, reports of his "theories" only on ghost hunting blogs, not mentioned in any reliable books. No critical coverage of his claims. Goblin Face (talk) 22:52, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Just a note - the user who created this article in 2008 04anichols (talk · contribs) may have copied some of the information from a parapsychology blog, check his user page there was copyright concerns. Goblin Face (talk) 23:27, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. Goblin Face (talk) 22:56, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, an article on a WP:FRINGE topic, sourced to publications by Nichols himself and to fringe sources failing WP:RS. No evidence of significant coverage by mainstream reliable sources. Fails WP:RS and all the relevant notability guidelines. Nsk92 (talk) 02:53, 10 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Agree, sources are poor. Much of the article is WP:OR, and some of it is off-topic. We usually, edit these aspects, but I don't see any additional redeeming sources after a quick search. Agricola44 (talk) 16:00, 12 March 2014 (UTC).[reply]
Delete for lack of independent, reliable (and mainstream) sources that cover the subject in-depth. No evidence of passing WP:GNG. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:08, 12 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - nary a reliable source is in the article; they all seem to be self-published or vanity texts. Bearian (talk) 15:35, 13 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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-Non-notable parapsychologist, could only find one parapsychology blog that mentions him any detail. Has promoted fringe claims about ghost hunting, reports of his "theories" only on ghost hunting blogs, not mentioned in any reliable books. [[User:Goblin Face|Goblin Face]] ([[User talk:Goblin Face|talk]]) 22:52, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
+Non-notable parapsychologist, could only find one parapsychology blog that mentions him any detail. Has promoted fringe claims about ghost hunting, reports of his "theories" only on ghost hunting blogs, not mentioned in any reliable books. No critical coverage of his claims. [[User:Goblin Face|Goblin Face]] ([[User talk:Goblin Face|talk]]) 22:52, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
+*'''Comment''' Just a note - the user who created this article in 2008 {{user|04anichols}}  may have copied some of the information from a parapsychology blog, check his user page there was copyright concerns. [[User:Goblin Face|Goblin Face]] ([[User talk:Goblin Face|talk]]) 23:27, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
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+*'''Delete''', an article on a [[WP:FRINGE]] topic, sourced to publications by Nichols himself and to fringe sources failing [[WP:RS]]. No evidence of significant coverage by mainstream reliable sources. Fails [[WP:RS]] and all the relevant notability guidelines. [[User:Nsk92|Nsk92]] ([[User talk:Nsk92|talk]]) 02:53, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
+*'''Delete'''. Agree, sources are poor. Much of the article is [[WP:OR]], and some of it is off-topic. We usually, edit these aspects, but I don't see any additional redeeming sources after a quick search. [[User:Agricola44|Agricola44]] ([[User talk:Agricola44|talk]]) 16:00, 12 March 2014 (UTC).
+*'''Delete''' for lack of independent, reliable (and mainstream) sources that cover the subject in-depth. No evidence of passing [[WP:GNG]]. —[[User:David Eppstein|David Eppstein]] ([[User talk:David Eppstein|talk]]) 17:08, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
+*'''Delete''' - nary a reliable source is in the article; they all seem to be self-published or vanity texts. [[User:Bearian|Bearian]] ([[User talk:Bearian|talk]]) 15:35, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
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