Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Michael Vore
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The result was delete. Ultimately the independent coverage isn't there. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 22:40, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
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Autobiographical article created by its own subject (see his own admission on his own user talk page that he had decided to start an article about himself), without actually demonstrating or sourcing any strong claim to notability under Wikipedia's inclusion rules. This is filled with a lot of life trivia that doesn't speak to notability at all, and very heavily reference bombed to a lot of sources that aren't helping to establish passage of WP:GNG (pieces of his own bylined writing, the self-published websites of directly affiliated organizations, student media, glancing namechecks of his existence in articles that aren't about him in any non-trivial way, etc.), and after considering those problems, it's just not at all clear that there's a genuinely strong notability claim, or enough solid notability-building sourcing, left. As always, Wikipedia is not a place where people are entitled to place themselves for a publicity boost -- even if he is genuinely notable enough for an article, he still has to wait for somebody else to write and source an article properly, and independently of his own self-promotional efforts, and is not entitled to use Wikipedia as a platform for his own autobiography. Bearcat (talk) 20:52, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. Bearcat (talk) 20:52, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
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- Delete - blatant self promotion with no clear indication of notability because of the way it is written. WP:TNT. If the creator wants to write a neutral article about himself that clearly demonstrates his notability, then he would need to do so using the WP:AFC process. (Personally, I probably would have just moved the article to draft space rather than bringing it to AfD). Melcous (talk) 11:01, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
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I saw or didn't understand the numerous references within Wikipedia, above, until this moment. Thanks again to everyone on suggestions.
Thanks again for all questions and Wikipedia citations. I apologize for not seeing the above errors and especially my tone. No need to go personal, so apologies to all participating in this. Was not aiming for self-promo, but fall into that at times. Was not aiming to claim Notability where it doesn't exist. I had read the Autobio guidelines in a more open way than I read them today. I thought the second sentence underscored these are guidelines and not hard and fast rules. But I also didn't intend on bumping up against so many. Informatics411 (talk) 20:03, 22 August 2021 (UTC) Please disregard most of what follows. I hadn't yet seen enough of the guidelines yet. I'd prefer to remove it so...but don't want to remove context for Bearcat's explanations Informatics411 (talk) 20:03, 22 August 2021 (UTC) Neutrality, Notability[edit]Thanks for this discussion. I am still learning all the guidelines and appreciate others' attention to them and this chance to address these important concerns. This will be a start in addressing those concerns. I have edited the Informatics411 Talk to better adhere to policy of COI editing; this doesn't remove it, but maintaining anonymity going forward is, I see, important and necessary. I understand better how this raises flags and creates difficulties for editors in general. I apologize for the difficulties re: COI, neutrality, autobiography. COI is possible, neutrality need be carefully policed (thanks and sorry for the extra effort), and autobiography needs to be avoided. We are still early in the process, e.g., first 24 hours. I appreciate continuing the discussion so as to better learn about the standards. Individual events, alone, demonstrate that Vore article meets GNG requirements--if it isn't, one can easily see the autobio problem arising. Over 60 sources attest to a) significance of events Vore participated in b) those sources are independent of him 90% of the time c) those sources are verifiable. No original research shows up in this article. The neutral point of view will be tricky. This writing process is collaborative and crowdsourced. This author will work to avoid impartiality and he apologizes for the need for unusual review. Will address other issues shortly. |
- Removing the admission that it's an autobiography doesn't mitigate the issue. The rule is not that the article can be an autobiography so long as you hide the fact instead of being open about it; it's that the article can't be an autobiography regardless of whether you're open about it or try to hide. Also, your sources can't be written by you, they can't be the self-published websites of organizations you're directly affiliated with, and they can't just briefly mention your name in passing — for a source to help support your notability, you have to be its subject. Bearcat (talk) 00:33, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
- Now seeing above bullet. I agree that removing information in Informatics411Talk does not remove the concerns and I apologize for the needed unusual review; that is, regardless, where we are and will be. I agree with your statement of rules but don't agree with your seeing a violation in the instances mentioned. --John Michael Vore as a source, himself, is autobiographical in only the instance of a masters thesis (which is, by its nature, significant and attested to)...? As discussed at length in Reference Referent, the rule you apply simply cannot hold in the instances mentioned: a) when an article subject is a speechwriter, the speech given by the speechmaker is an event including the speechwriter b) Similarly, as behind-the-scenes actor in policymaking, behind the publicly-announced, pursued policy c) Similarly, as behind the scenes organizer of events, themselves, reporting about those events equates to reporting about the event-maker.--In the three instances above, there are no references by John Michael Vore about any of them. In the high school setting, the actual high school paper's coverage about the Reagan inaugural is not about Vore, but is, in fact evidence of what is claimed about Vore.--It is not obvious and applies in all instances but those in which is article subject is a behind-the-scenes actor in a public event. No blog entry establishes anything autobiographical. But see "Reference referent" above? Informatics411 (talk) 00:57, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
- The significance of a masters' thesis, insofar as it constitutes a reason for an encyclopedia article, is not established by the existence of said thesis; it is established by the existence of external analysis of its significance by other people in third party sources. The significance of speechwriting, insofar as it constitutes a reason for an encyclopedia article, is not established by citing the speeches to themselves; it is established by the existence of external analysis of their significance by other people in third party sources. Reporting about events does not establish the notability of the organizer if said organizer is not himself the subject of the coverage. And on and so forth: notability is never, ever, ever just a question of what the article says, or by citing the claims to primary sources that metaverify themselves (like speeches sourced to themselves) — it is always a question of the volume and depth and geographic range and quality of the media coverage that can be used to support the things it says, and can only be established by sources where John Michael Vore is the subject being written about by third parties in media. Notability cannot be established by sources you wrote yourself; it cannot be established by the self-published websites of organizations that aren't media; it cannot be established by sources that briefly mention you without being about you; it cannot be established by sources that tangentially verify facts while not actually naming you at all in conjunction with them. You would do well to (a) listen to what's being said, and (b) stop referring to yourself in the third person here. Bearcat (talk) 03:15, 21 August 2021 (UTC)
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- Delete As per nom and Melcous, this is simply a bunch of self-promoting filler for a person with no indication of notability. This editor clearly has some problems with WP:NPOV — edits of his were reverted last year on the Jean-Paul Marat article for inserting his own opinion on the subject — and him writing an article about himself is simply a reflection of his obvious narcissistic belief that his opinions and his image matter more then anyone else's. He blatantly lies about "following policy" (conveniently ignoring the different policies that Bearcat mentioned in his initial deletion nomination) and also paints it as though Bearcat is the only editor on Wikipedia that would object to his article, that if he showed any other competent editor this dumpster fire of an article, that they wouldn't immediately vote delete. In conclusion, Informatics411 is simply a self-centered editor who disregards any argument against him and repeatedly lies in an attempt to defame editors who criticize his work. Blow the article up. Lettlerhello • contribs 14:39, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
- Lettler, you might want to ease up on the personal attacks, as they are completely inappropriate. Primefac (talk) 17:57, 22 August 2021 (UTC)
Where do nom and Mellow show up?
- Regarding our COI rule: as I already explained above, the rule is not that COI is okay so long as you don't admit that it's a COI. Withdrawing your prior admission that you were writing about yourself, and then referring to yourself in the third person thereafter, does not mitigate the COI — the COI is still there, and still not acceptable, regardless of how you conduct yourself, because the rule is not that COI only exists if you're open about it, while somehow ceasing to exist if you hide it.
Regarding categories, the only categories that were removed were ones that are not consistent with how Wikipedia categorizes articles: we categorize articles by what the topic literally is, not by every individual "keyword" we can find in the body text. For instance, every individual person from Indiana does not go directly into Category:Indiana; Category:Social networks is for things that literally are social networks, such as Facebook or Instagram, and not for every individual person whose article simply includes content somehow related to their personal presence on a social network; Category:United States presidential inaugurations is for things that literally are inauguration ceremonies, not for every individual person whose article simply includes content about a presidential inauguration. Categories are a system of classification, not of keywording, and we classify topics by what they literally are, not by keywording them into the category for every individual word that happens to be present in the body text. Bearcat (talk) 12:21, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
DON'T DELETE -Others have rescued the article in question--and I appreciate the effort. There were problems from the start, which I acknowledged. The remarks, re: Bearcat, other editors, were a fairly blatant call for their participation--and was not a personal attack. This from Lettler certainly constitutes personal attacks? As I said above, if we're not going to anchor a criticism to something specific, what can anyone respond to? Regardless the article has improved without my participation. Lettler: Wow. Anyone can see I'm a relative newbie here. I've asked for help repeatedly and done my best to make a defense, as seemed to be the requirements, when asked for. And I've asked for pointers about the requirements, repeatedly. Informatics411 (talk) 16:56, 22 August 2021 (UTC) FYI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks Adding a new note here to direct your attention back to the top of the page under the original bundle of concerns. I had not realized the Wikipedia guideline pages were embedded as the basis for the critique. I believe these have now been addressed.
No matter how my input re: Marat is characterized it doesn't change the fact that what I was saying came from my reading Paris in the Terror: June 1793-July 1794" by Stanley Loomis. While any of us might disagree with what an authority might write, his view was the standard view until I believe about 1990. Whereas Loomis & company saw Marat from what he did during the terror, others have seen in him a precursor to Marxist ideas and embraced him. I'm surprised that I could find no way to express the Loomis view, now in the minority. I'd be happy to hear the solution to this, perhaps at my talk page? A Marat section exists. |
- Delete No indication of being notable. scope_creepTalk 17:28, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
- Comment This discussion is now longer than the article in question.... I've done what I could to make it more readable. RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 19:55, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
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