Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Philip Fisher
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The result of the debate was KEEP. dbenbenn | talk 23:20, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Gushingly promotional on Philip Fisher, whose book supposedly transformed Warren Buffett from "just another "Graham and Dodd" disciple" into a billionare investor. Cleanup notices were placed on article and removed within a few hours by 220.118.62.91, the article's author. Even if the subject matter is encyclopedic, this is nothing like encyclopedic coverage. Delete unless someone is willing to cleanup, which would pretty much entail rewriting from scratch. Update: Lee Hunter's cleanup and the provision of sources have answered some of these objections, so I'm changing to a keep and cleanup. -- Antaeus Feldspar 02:46, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Delete, not encyclopaedic, promo. Megan1967 03:10, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Delete, vanity page. Andrew pmk 03:33, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Delete. It currently is a vanity-filled, self-promotion page. Zzyzx11 04:31, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Strong Keep Good heavens, this is absolutely not vanity!. The book was first published in 1958 and has been reprinted ever since. In the investment community Fisher is a very notable writer. [1] The article does need a little work, though. --Lee Hunter 12:33, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- a little?? -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:39, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Very little work! I spent about five minutes cleaning it up and adding some more info. It could use more attention but it's now a respectable article IMO. --Lee Hunter 17:08, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- a little?? -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:39, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
- Keep, with Lee's edits. DaveTheRed 06:44, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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