Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Edward V. Berard


 * 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.  Cbrown1023  talk  23:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Edward V. Berard
Questionable notability and copyright infringement possiblity. Mr. Berard seem to be a successful engeneering (4733 results at Goodsearch), but the top result there is his resume. On google the top entry is a quote site with one single quote, the second is again his resume and our article follows. He has no article on English Wikipedia, and the "spanish Wikiquote" link added by the original poster is now dead (supposedly deleted). The second argument is more serious; the quote site (which was provided as "the source") has one sigle quote identical with our website. To copy the whole content could be a copyright violation. Or not. Unless both arguments are well opposed, I think we are better not to keep this article as a part of our collection. Aphaia 14:12, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Vote closed: 15:00, 25 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete Aphaia 14:13, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above.  Cbrown1023  talk  21:05, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment The article does still exist on the Spanish Wikiquote, but there is no link to it currently.  Cbrown1023  talk  21:05, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Copying a single, short, unsourced quote from a website can't reasonably be interpreted as a copyright violation without something more than just the words, like the presentation, which we don't copy. But the lack of clear notability is a compelling reason to delete this article. Consider also that search engines tend to have a bias toward computer professionals like this person, which is probably why the search results offer a sizeable count without any obvious reliable sources. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 11:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 16:00, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 22:19, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. —LrdChaos (talk) 15:24, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 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.