User talk:Verbocity11th

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Alan Redpath
I've reverted your notability tag...an author who has published that many books, and a speaker who has spoken so widely on so many continents easily meets notability criteria.  AK Radecki Speaketh  16:46, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

i respectfully aver that mr redpath does not meet the wikipedia criteria of notability. simply publishing a long list of titles is not enough. those books must prove to be widely read, memorable and influential. please cite secondary sources which attest to redpath's notability particularly articles from the mainstream press and citation of his work in other historic or critical books. --Verbocity11th 17:51, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Have you actually done any kind of research on him? Have you bothered to check Google (over 300,000 returns)? Have you contemplated that a large number of Redpath's books are still in print, long after his death? Have you counted the number of sources that include quotations by Redpath? Have you taken into consideration Redpath's academic career, and the body of work it has produced, which clearly satisfies the academic notability criteria? The references and ELs in the article all document this. And as for your requirement of "mainstream press", that requirement is not shared by our guidelines. There are many, many academics who are demonstrably notable, and are covered in the media that covers their particular niche world.  AK Radecki Speaketh  18:05, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

yes i did look for dr redpath online and verified that his books are still in print (do you know how many have they been translated?). i do believe he is an influential person, but where is the objective proof? his academic career is not in the article. you point to articles by him, but not about him; perhaps there is a report of a conference that examined and celebrated his work? an article by a Catholic or Jewish scholar in praise of redpath's commentaries on the Prophets? a long list of books is productivity. 300,000 google hits is notoriety. neither is convincing proof enduring notability. i hope you feel challenegd to revise the article so that it can withstand the attacks of mockers. --Verbocity11th 01:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)