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431:- Seemingly obvious this article is, not currently or perhaps anytime soon, showing even the minimalist signs of better notability and improvement especially given the current sources. WP:TNT at best for a newer better article. 166: 391: 234:, which summarizes a talk Lightman gave, links to his Knowledge bio in the first sentence. Obviously, a source which itself relies on Knowledge can't be a reliable source for Knowledge. See 331: 119: 351: 258:, when quoting Lightman, refers to him as "founder of Humanity+". This is incorrect; Lightman had nothing to do with the founding of Humanity+, which happened in 1998 ( 160: 371: 311: 126: 231: 92: 87: 248:. At the time of writing, that hadn't been true for four years. Lightman resigned from his position at Humanity+ in summer 2010 ( 96: 17: 79: 181: 148: 209: 241: 255: 461: 419: 40: 437: 142: 249: 442: 423: 403: 383: 363: 343: 323: 302: 298: 275: 138: 61: 457: 83: 36: 415: 271: 188: 293:
primary sources (as you note) and uncited claims make this completely unsuitable to keep as a BLP -
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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him, and therefore give little-to-no information on Lightman himself. (See
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he's noteworthy, but the lack of RSes, massive use of primary sources,
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Person is not notable; no substantial coverage in reliable sources.
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There are a few reliable, secondary sources cited, but they merely
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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208:), or are press releases/clearly not reliable (eg. 414:Lacks enough reliable sources to show noteability. 43:). No further edits should be made to this page. 464:). No further edits should be made to this page. 352:list of Technology-related deletion discussions 204:), make no obvious reference to Lightman (eg. 372:list of Internet-related deletion discussions 187: 8: 390:Note: This debate has been included in the 370:Note: This debate has been included in the 350:Note: This debate has been included in the 330:Note: This debate has been included in the 312:list of Authors-related deletion discussions 310:Note: This debate has been included in the 200:Most of the sources cited are primary (eg. 389: 369: 349: 329: 309: 227:.) Many also have other problems. Eg.: 7: 24: 18:Knowledge:Articles for deletion 1: 443:05:57, 24 December 2015 (UTC) 424:19:02, 19 December 2015 (UTC) 404:02:16, 18 December 2015 (UTC) 384:02:16, 18 December 2015 (UTC) 364:02:16, 18 December 2015 (UTC) 344:02:16, 18 December 2015 (UTC) 324:02:16, 18 December 2015 (UTC) 303:17:39, 17 December 2015 (UTC) 276:03:11, 17 December 2015 (UTC) 62:08:35, 24 December 2015 (UTC) 481: 453:Please do not modify it. 32:Please do not modify it. 206:this magazine homepage 219:Lightman and are not 283:Delete as it stands 416:John Pack Lambert 406: 386: 366: 346: 326: 472: 455: 440: 435: 192: 191: 177: 129: 117: 99: 34: 480: 479: 475: 474: 473: 471: 470: 469: 468: 462:deletion review 451: 438: 433: 242:This BI article 202:Lightman's book 134: 125: 90: 74: 71: 48:The result was 41:deletion review 30: 22: 21: 20: 12: 11: 5: 478: 476: 467: 466: 446: 445: 434:SwisterTwister 426: 408: 407: 387: 367: 347: 327: 306: 305: 279: 278: 253: 239: 195: 194: 131: 70: 65: 46: 45: 25: 23: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 477: 465: 463: 459: 454: 448: 447: 444: 441: 436: 430: 427: 425: 421: 417: 413: 410: 409: 405: 401: 397: 393: 388: 385: 381: 377: 373: 368: 365: 361: 357: 353: 348: 345: 341: 337: 333: 328: 325: 321: 317: 313: 308: 307: 304: 300: 296: 292: 288: 284: 281: 280: 277: 273: 269: 265: 261: 257: 254: 251: 247: 243: 240: 237: 233: 230: 229: 228: 226: 222: 218: 213: 211: 207: 203: 198: 190: 186: 183: 180: 176: 172: 168: 165: 162: 159: 156: 153: 150: 147: 144: 140: 137: 136:Find sources: 132: 128: 124: 121: 115: 111: 107: 103: 98: 94: 89: 85: 81: 77: 76:Alex Lightman 73: 72: 69: 68:Alex Lightman 66: 64: 63: 59: 55: 51: 44: 42: 38: 33: 27: 26: 19: 452: 449: 428: 411: 295:David Gerard 290: 286: 282: 256:This article 220: 216: 214: 199: 196: 184: 178: 170: 163: 157: 151: 145: 135: 122: 49: 47: 31: 28: 236:citogenesis 161:free images 268:Spectra239 458:talk page 396:• Gene93k 376:• Gene93k 356:• Gene93k 336:• Gene93k 316:• Gene93k 291:incorrect 246:Humanity+ 232:This page 225:WP:PSEUDO 54:Ymblanter 37:talk page 460:or in a 287:possible 285:- it is 120:View log 39:or in a 167:WP refs 155:scholar 93:protect 88:history 429:Delete 412:Delete 139:Google 97:delete 50:delete 221:about 217:quote 182:JSTOR 143:books 127:Stats 114:views 106:watch 102:links 16:< 439:talk 420:talk 400:talk 380:talk 360:talk 340:talk 320:talk 299:talk 272:talk 264:cite 260:cite 250:cite 212:). 210:here 175:FENS 149:news 110:logs 84:talk 80:edit 58:talk 266:). 189:TWL 118:– ( 422:) 402:) 394:. 382:) 374:. 362:) 354:. 342:) 334:. 322:) 314:. 301:) 274:) 252:). 169:) 112:| 108:| 104:| 100:| 95:| 91:| 86:| 82:| 60:) 52:-- 418:( 398:( 378:( 358:( 338:( 318:( 297:( 270:( 238:. 193:) 185:· 179:· 171:· 164:· 158:· 152:· 146:· 141:( 133:( 130:) 123:· 116:) 78:( 56:(

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