Deletion of Andrew West (linguist)

Comment: per , which includes: "Discussions concerning biographical articles of relatively unknown, non-public figures, where the subject has requested deletion and there is no rough consensus, may be closed as delete
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE)

Comment: I did not intend to get involved in this discussion, but since {{u|Evertype}} excplicitly asked me it would be discourteous to him not to say anything. I am conflicted over this AfD: on the one hand, the article on me has caused me some trouble on-wiki and some embarrassment in real life, so I would be happy to see it deleted if it does not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria; but on the other hand, as a Wikipedian I strongly disagree that subjects of Wikipedia articles should have a veto over the contents or existence of Wikipedia articles.  Until this AfD I was not aware of , and if I was I would perhaps have been somewhat more circumspect over what I said in the heat of a Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard/Archive_82#Andrew_West_.28linguist.29|COIN discussion.  I would really much rather this discussion focus on the notability of the subject of the article (Andrew West) rather than try to interpret the words of me as a Wikipedian
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE)