Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simon Mark Smith

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 delete. SoWhy 09:10, 17 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Simon Mark Smith

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The subject does not meet the notability standard per WP:GNG, WP:NMUSIC or WP:ARTIST. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 19:37, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:49, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 21:49, 22 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have edited the article further. I believe that my contribution within the disability arts world was notable and significant. I have included references that show my involvement. This movement helped lead to the creation and form of disability rights legislation in the U.K. So would be of interest to anyone researching this era and subject.

Best wishes

Simon Mark Smith Simon1a (talk) 23:01, 23 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disability-related deletion discussions. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:40, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - I do feel a personal connection to this article as the activism of people like Simon Smith helped make things better for disabled people in my country - but that is why I will not be voting either way on this article. While I believe that the movement itself is notable enough for an article (and such an article could certainly refer to Simon Smith), I do have to say to Simon1a that he should not be creating or editing an article on himself as autobiographies and conflict of interest editing are both against Wikipedia policy. Furthermore, the edits themselves are not of an appropriate tone for an encyclopaedia article, and the citations are absolutely unacceptable - they are just copied sections of text from the reviews (that is copyright violation/plagiarism) or links to unsuitable (ie, self-published or user-created) sources such as YouTube. Rather than the autobiography of a single person involved in the movement, I would far rather see a decent article dealing with the bigger picture of the Disability rights movement in the United Kingdom. Currently, all we have is a tiny section on Disability rights movement and a pretty negligible/sketchy article at Disability in the United Kingdom). Mabalu (talk) 13:57, 27 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - worthy cause, but I don't see evidence of notability. Bearian (talk) 01:46, 30 June 2017 (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.