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The result was delete. — Aitias // discussion 01:41, 3 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

James A. Richards (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Self-created vanity page. Most of the info in this article is unsourced and kinda spammy. A local article about him isn't notability. Same with the vanity-press book. I did a search for the usabooknews.com award - it seems that most of the books that mention this award or site are self-published authors, so there goes that claim to notability. Graymornings_(talk) 21:25, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 23:54, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 23:55, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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• Delete - Vanity Page. This person is not a notable entrepreneur, hence inclusion of the professional section is not relevant. The Lambda award is a nomination only, and I don't believe anyone knows who this person is outside of his immediate circle. If someone else out there, other than James A. Richards himself, feels this person is notable, he or she can submit an article. Dismayed that this wasn't speedy deleted, as people are not supposed to be able to use wikipedia for personal PR. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.207.234.86 (talk) 02:08, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Vanity page. Resumés do no belong in an encyclopedia. Jlg4104 (talk) 03:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Vanity Page. None of the "honors" are noteworthy. "USA Books News" will call anybody with $65.00 a finalist and his "nomination" into the Lambda thing is hardly exciting considering authors can nominate themselves for that award. This is just some guy off the street, and not even an exciting guy off the street.Cmactaggart (talk) 15:38, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Insufficient notability per guidelines. ChildofMidnight (talk) 19:37, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete NPOV. Notability.

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