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 speedy keep. Completely pass WP:GNG (non-admin closure) ♛♚★Vaibhav Jain★♚♛ ^{Talk Email} 15:01, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Alder[edit]

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This article does not meet the notability guideline. No sources that are independent of the subject are provided, and a cursory search does not yield any. The article may also consist of self-promotion of the author and their ideas. The inclusion of the "Newton's flaming laser sword" section of this article under "Razor_(philosophy)" is also potentially a form of self-promotion, and dilutes the information on the subject of philosophy represented there. Otzi1 (talk) 09:13, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy keep. Don't know about his work in mathematics, but he is a well-known popularizer of philosophy of science, particularly for his writings in Philosophy Now and Quadrant. Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:01, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment seems extremely strange to me that the first thing a new editor (Otzi1 (talk · contribs)) would do on Wikipedia is nominate an article for deletion... WP:SOCK at work? Headbomb {talk / contribs / physics / books} 12:17, 15 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy keep - this one has impeccable references to major sources. Given that this came from a WP:SPA, I'm tempted to do a non-admin closure as a bad faith nomination. MikeWazowski (talk) 12:52, 15 October 2011 (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.