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Malcolm Collins (author)

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Malcolm Collins is an author, business person, philanthropist and advocate of the pronatalist movement. As an author, the subject is self-published. As a business person, we have little to no evidence of notability. As a philanthropist, likewise. "Significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject" being absent, the subject fails WP:GNG. The article is promotional in tone, incidentally, and was created by a blocked sock (though others have since contributed). Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:29, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors and Businesspeople. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 10:08, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - I think this vote is more a reflection of the beliefs of the nominator rather than any real question as to if there is enough coverage to justify a page. There coverage by almost every media source ranging from the left's Huffington Post, the Telegraph, MSNBC, Piers Morgan.. all the way to the more left NYPost. I wonder if the nominator's beliefs might not align with the Natalism or eugenics beliefs that the subject endorses? Quick look and both voters on here do substantial article creation on muslim subjects. None of their articles seem to be as well referenced and cited. If there is a question about the content, which it seems to be all well cited.. keep it published and let people work on it. They certainly get enough coverage and it will likely continue. As for publishing, at least one book is on a WSJ best sellers list.. His business press seems to be well documented over several different companies.. PCMag, VentureBeat, etc..I think he was a 500 alumni and exited. I can't imagine any objection to this being a relevant wikipedia subject doesnt have more to do with more religious objections to their use of embryo screening. A search reveals a plethora of coverage in tv, print and podcasts.. Thanks for your consideration.
~~Count Graduon (talk) 17:28, 5 July 2023 (UTC)~~[reply]

Checkuser note: Confirmed sock of User:Kauiltan. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:18, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
~~If anything leave it published with a "may need clean up" notice. Count Graduon (talk) 17:29, 5 July 2023 (UTC)~~[reply]

“Count Graduon”? That’s the most unexpected Sonichu reference I’ve seen in a while. Dronebogus (talk) 21:12, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure if "Sonichu" was in the filter that prohibited any such reference being made on any page on Wikipedia but apparently it is not any longer. Definitely a strange context to see it come up. —DIYeditor (talk) 23:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Per nominator. The article has a history of WP:SOCKING, will also recommended WP:SALT for draftspace and mainspace. Jamiebuba (talk) 14:44, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Does a huge amount of publicity pushes, quite a lot resulting in "who on earth is this weirdo" articles - David Gerard (talk) 19:00, 5 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Does it need to be cleaned up? Yes. Were socks involved? Yes. But notable? Yes. Secondary, non-passing coverage? Also yes. We should keep, then merge this with his wife's sock draft article. Wikipedia does not specify a reason for notability: it would be totally valid to be notable for being weird as long as notability is shown via secondary sources. Chamaemelum (talk) 01:40, 6 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Whether or not the subject is notable we need to wipe this blatantly promotional garbage off the face of earth. Dronebogus (talk) 21:09, 7 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as spam, do not SALT at this time. —DIYeditor (talk) 00:02, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Page should be protected. Plenty of coverage for wp:nexist... weird or not and they are being targeted as an extortion scheme.[1]https://www.reddit.com/r/WikipediaAdminReport/comments/14szgp5/tom_a_sr_admin_is_running_undisclosed_editing/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button 2607:FB91:888C:A62:AC39:D1F7:4DF2:DE59 (talk) 02:27, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Here is a list of the nominators created articles.. [2]https://xtools.wmcloud.org/pages/en.wikipedia.org/Alexandermcnabb 2607:FB91:888C:A62:AC39:D1F7:4DF2:DE59 (talk) 02:34, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Seems hippocritical when these are allowed .. [3]https://xtools.wmcloud.org/pages/en.wikipedia.org/Jamiebuba 2607:FB91:888C:A62:AC39:D1F7:4DF2:DE59 (talk) 02:45, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree to not SALT. The subject of the page needs help. He is falling for a Wikipedia scam and doesn't understand. IP, please see: [4] Chamaemelum (talk) 02:43, 8 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]