Talk:Shelby Tucker

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This page should not be speedy deleted because...[edit]

This article should not be speedily deleted for lack of asserted importance because <Shelby Tucker is an author of merit.

He has written - Amongst Insurgents and a very valuable book on Burma - The curse of Independence. The last Banana and various articles.

He has traveled widely - over 136 countries and writes on his adventures while hitchhiking.

He is currently writing a book, 2 Roads and his book Customer Service will be published shortly. He has advised Government agencies on the situation in Burma and brought to the notice of important Govt agencies the drug trade in Burma and how the Burmese Govt is involved in the trade. His book the Burma - Curse of Independence is acclaimed in academic circles as a study on Burma

>. — H. L. Ratan (talk) 04:25, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Shelby Tucker is an author of merit.

He has written - Amongst Insurgents and a very valuable book on Burma - The curse of Independence. The last Banana and various articles.

He has traveled widely - over 136 countries and writes on his adventures while hitchhiking.

He is currently writing a book, 2 Roads and his book Customer Service will be published shortly.

Please read WP:NOTABILITY and WP:RELIABLE; there are no reliable sources here to support the subject's importance. 76.248.149.98 (talk) 04:29, 7 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I mulled flagging this for an WP:AfD as well, but there are some suggestions of notability under the WP:AUTHOR criteria. I'll flag on the main page and hopefully someone can populate with per WP:RS. --Legis (talk - contribs) 06:46, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Conflict of interest - Shelby Tucker[edit]

I recently spent several hours in the public presence (a busy hospital ward) of Shelby Tucker, a man of considerable erudition, education and charm, and considerably more egocentric self-aggrandisement, who never missed an opportunity to announce to all casual passers that "those Wikipedia people have built an article about me." and "Google me, Shelby Tucker." His eloquent domineering speech pattern and character was identical to the article, such that as I read the written phrasing I could still hear the man himself. I have no reason to raise doubts about the integrity of the words, just the anonymous conflict of interest, lack of third party verification, whether he is sufficiently notable under WP:AUTHOR criteria, and if this is relevant to the sock-puppetry investigation into User talk:Orakologen. Chienlit (talk) 02:21, 7 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]