Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Al Hester


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The result was speedy keep. Withdrawn by nominator (non-admin closure) —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 23:31, 3 February 2018 (UTC)

Al Hester

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A blog post and an article by the subject do not suffice to establish notability for this (retired, BTW) professor of journalism. Mduvekot (talk) 14:56, 3 February 2018 (UTC) Withdrawn by nominator. Article has been substantially improved. Mduvekot (talk) 21:37, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I respectfully ask that the AfD be withdrawn. Hester meets criteria 5 and 6 of the academic guideline. "5. The person holds or has held a named chair appointment or distinguished professor appointment at a major institution of higher education and research (or an equivalent position in countries where named chairs are uncommon).
 * 6. The person has held a highest-level elected or appointed administrative post at a major academic institution or major academic society." FloridaArmy (talk) 16:32, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm happy to withdraw a nomination when I'm wrong, but does "head of the University of Georgia's Grady College's newspaper and magazine department" meet those two citeria? WP:NACADEMICS specifically mentions that "Lesser administrative posts (provost, dean, department chair, etc.) are generally not sufficient to qualify under Criterion 6 alone." Perhaps he meets criterion #5, since all the current departments heads at Grady College appear to hold a named chair appointment. Can we find out which one Helder held? Mduvekot (talk) 18:55, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * He was "Journalism Department chair and director of the Cox International Center for Mass Communication Training and Research", which he also founded. The article is a work in progress and some of the details and organization need improvement. But I believe his meeting notability guidelines is pretty well clear cut and established at this point although it may not have been at the time of the nom, based on the state of the article at that time. FloridaArmy (talk) 19:56, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions.  Lady  of  Shalott  19:34, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  Lady  of  Shalott  19:35, 3 February 2018 (UTC)
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