Deletion of Fred Shapiro

Comment: It seems to me that Shapiro took the wrong approach to deleting his article.  If he had simply turned it into an autobiography with a glowing set of encomiums with a lengthy resume and lots of |wikipuffery, there would be many many calls to delete this.  What happened to ?—Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipuffery (WP:PUFF||WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: per , primarily and per
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E)

Comment: per , #NEWS and the fact that although there is some notability, and maybe just about enough to meet the |relevant guideline, most of it is based on coverage in one city and within a period of one or two years.  Both the author and the subject of the article want it to be deleted, and I don't think it is essential for Wikipedia to have the article
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLP1E||WP:NOT||WP:BIO)