Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Vitale
per nom. This is indeed a case of  self-promotion. That in itself does not automatically prove the article subject is not notable. But he isn't. He's described as an "author", but all his books are published by own company, so that's out. What's left is his career as a motivational speaker. In this career, he appears to be reasonably successful but no more notable than millions of other persons are in their careers as accountants, executives, lawyers, or what have you. His profession is such that self-promotion is almost obligatory, and so he has a few writeups, and so passes  I guess. But  says that "Editors may reach a consensus that although a topic meets this criterion, it is not appropriate for a stand-alone article", and that would apply to Mr Vitale
— User:Herostratus, 19:37, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
Stance: delete
Cited policy: WP:COI||WP:GNG (Wikipedia:Conflict of interest)