Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Patrick Driessen


 * 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. BD2412 T 21:54, 29 May 2011 (UTC)

Patrick Driessen
This article was prod because "No sourced quotes." The tag was removed and numerous links to social networking sites and the person's business sites were added, but the quotes are still not cited. I find no indication that this person is sufficiently notable, nor widely quoted in noteworthy independent sources. — Ningauble 16:13, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 17:00, 26 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as nom. ~ Ningauble 16:13, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. ~ UDScott 16:33, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

Dear Ningauble,

I'm very surprised you've put my page up for deletion. All links to other websites with quotes by Patrick Driessen gave error messages, hence why the number of sources under the 'Reference' chapter are limited. However all quotes have a source, which is mentioned and has links under the Reference section, thus complying with Wikiquote guidelines. Therefore this page should NOT be deleted.

I'll delete some links to social media websites and will add more sources.

I'm the author of the quotes and would like to share them with as many people as possible, so more people can be inspired by them. You can find people sharing these quotes on Twitter, Famous Quotes, Quotes and Poems, Great Inspirational Quotes and many other websites and print publications.

Thanks & warm regards,

@PatrickDriessen
 * If you can provide some examples of material authored by you being quoted in a printed publication that was not self-published by its author, that would be great. Otherwise, delete. On a side note, there does appear to be a different Patrick Driessen, a senior economist for the United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, who has authored or coathored some works which have in fact been quoted in such publications. For example, "There is no reason why, as Patrick Driessen maintains, 'descriptive social science cannot form the rationale for normative judicial decisions'", reported in Rosemary J. Erickson, Rita James Simon, The use of social science data in Supreme Court decisions (1998), p. 6. Cheers! BD2412 T 17:32, 19 May 2011 (UTC)