Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Michael Hammer
While I too am skeptical of small "fields" created by individuals like this, this particular one did receive a lot of attention in the press; I seem to recall it being mentioned in an Information Systems class I took in the late 90s as well. Meets  criteria based on books sales, if nothing else
— User:Ohnoitsjamie, 19:06, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:BIO (Wikipedia:Notability)