Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andy Freedman
If they are the Regius Professor of Astronomy anywhere, they changed their name to do it. Nonsense about someone non-notable... the only page linking here is October 28, which describes them as the creator of onecer, for which see Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Onecer. Shimgray 15:24, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Andy Lawrence seems to be the real thing. Maybe we could just move the page (and ungarble it)? --rbrwr± 15:30, 27 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Move w/o redirect, or just create a new page & delete this one? There's nothing worth keeping that isn't just lifted straight from the ROE site (where I almost got a job a year ago, come to think of it). Shimgray 15:25, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I'm not sure. I don't really mind. The redirect that would be created by a move doesn't seem to fit into the cases for speedy deletion of redirects, though it should - it would be the redirect equivalent of patent nonsense, in a sense. In fact this article as it stands is very nearly patent nonsense; I would argue that it's only saved from being speedied by the fact that it can be moved. Hmmm... --rbrwr± 16:57, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Move w/o redirect, or just create a new page & delete this one? There's nothing worth keeping that isn't just lifted straight from the ROE site (where I almost got a job a year ago, come to think of it). Shimgray 15:25, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete Andy Freedman as unverifiable. If Andy Lawrence is notable enough for an article, just start over. A cautionary note, though. I can not find evidence that he is more than "an average professor" - one of the recommended tests at Wikipedia:Criteria for inclusion of biographies. Rossami (talk) 00:36, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- I suspect delete and leave is the best solution. My suspicion is that he's notable enough (but then I'm an astronomer, or at least came close, and may be prejudiced) - we have precedent for trying to list every holder of a professorship at Cambridge, albeit a lot of redlinks (go! read it! marvel at the wacky Cantabrian titles!), and a Regius Professorship at .ed is likely of sufficient notability. That said, I can't actually think of anything in particular to write about him, hence suggesting we just leave it... Wikipedia won't suffer from not having a page on the guy who gets the second google hit for his own name, at least until someone who knows the topic well enough turns up. Anyway, I think we're all agreed on getting rid of Andy Freedman? (I cleared him off the October 28 page) Shimgray 02:13, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)