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The result was delete. Closed a bit early due to WP:SNOW. Jamie^☆S93 16:28, 18 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ray Stow (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable person. Fails WP:BIO and the basic criteria. Google returns nothing, as does Google news. Lәo_(βǃʘʘɱ) 14:56, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I suspect a hoax. a little insignificant 15:16, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete I agree, this looks like a hoax, and I can't find any sources either. Cazort (talk) 15:41, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: A hoax. Iowateen (talk) 16:16, 12 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: as hoax and WP:Complete Bollocks. Eddie.willers (talk) 02:06, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, non-notable, but did you guys actually look at the web search? He does apparently exist, according to his own website, so it's not a hoax (or if it is, someone has waaaaaayyyy too much time on their hands), but he's miles away from notable, as this was the only weblink on him. Nosleep ^{break my slumber} 03:53, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy delete as I first tagged this. Not even close to notable. Maybe not a hoax, but who cares? - Realkyhick (Talk to me) 16:01, 13 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Being an academic does not confer noteworthiness any more than being a plumber does. Hairhorn (talk) 19:27, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:43, 14 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Not a hoax, but passes neither WP:PROF nor WP:BIO. The article says that the subject “is a fervent detractor of Gordon Brown”, among other things. Being a fervent detractor of whomever only confers notability to someone if others listen, and I am not talking about a few students in the subject's classes only.--Eric Yurken (talk) 00:57, 17 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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