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Proposed deletion of Derek Atkins

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The article Derek Atkins has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

WP:AUTOBIO fails WP:BIO and WP:ACADEMIC

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Conflict of interest

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  Hello, DerekAtkins. We welcome your contributions, but if you have an external relationship with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Derek Atkins, you may have a conflict of interest. People with a conflict of interest may be unduly influenced by their connection to the topic. For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, see the conflict of interest guideline and frequently asked questions for organizations. In particular, please:

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Please familiarize yourself with relevant policies and guidelines, especially those pertaining to neutral point of view, sourcing, and autobiographies. Thank you. -- intgr [talk] 10:48, 30 November 2015 (UTC)Reply

Proposed deletion of Derek Atkins

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The article Derek Atkins has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Fails WP:GNG, tagged for 9 years.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. A Guy into Books (talk) 13:38, 7 September 2017 (UTC)Reply