Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Richard L Block

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete, consensus is that the article fails the notability guidelines. Davewild (talk) 18:41, 8 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Richard L Block

Non-notable person. I cannot find either of the 2 books listed. The ISBN does not match a published book. Tassedethe (talk) 15:38, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Incoherent article, no sources, no proof he or the books exist. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 16:00, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no relevant references or Ghits, can't find the books, ISBN quoted doesn't exist. Hoax? JohnCD (talk) 16:05, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - No, I don't think it's a hoax, just not notable. Article created by Rblock7 whose only other edit was to remove a notability tag from the article. The book seems to have been a Microsoft Word E-book, but it's no longer hosted at the site I found. A few blog hits for "Richard L. Block" or "Richard Block" that appear to be the same person, but nothing that meets WP:N or WP:BIO. Xymmax ^{So let it be written} _{So let it be done} 16:31, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the author Rblock7 (talk · contribs) had never had any welcome pointers, so may not know that autobiography is frowned on. I have given him a welcome para and a notice of this AfD; but as he only edited in November to put the article in and in January to take a notability tag off, he doesn't seem to be a frequent visitor. JohnCD (talk) 19:06, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete -- even if book exists and claims in article are true, article would still fail Wikipedia notability requirements by a mile. Regarding the ISBN that doesn't exist, the ISBN in question isn't even valid. The last digit is a check digit, and the first nine numbers would result, by my calculations, in a check digit of 5 and not X (X is a valid check, but not for this string). A search for the same ISBN but ending in 5 also shows nothing. DreamGuy (talk) 20:38, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Additional comment: I even tried to see if one of the first nine numbers might be a typo, but in order for the check digit to be an X more than one of the first nine digits must be wrong (the check digit is off by 5, the only way do get a difference of 5 in a single digit is in the 5s multiple digit, which is already a 9 and thus can't be any higher than it already is). That means the ISBN is not even close to being a real one. DreamGuy (talk) 20:50, 3 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The ISBN is impossible. For future reference, there's http://www.isbn-check.com/ which will automatically help in such cases. Since the check digit works mod 11, there are several other possibilities, but as isbn-check and amazon.com confirm, none of them appear to be for a book by Block.John Z (talk) 02:46, 4 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp | talk to me 15:10, 5 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.