Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Morrison


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The result was   merge to Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. Arguments to keep have been adequately refuted, there were no objections to merging which is preferable to deletion. J04n(talk page) 12:45, 24 February 2013 (UTC)

Alex Morrison

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insufficient notability according to WikiProject_Military_history/Notability_guide#People Johndowning (talk) 02:14, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep His notability is not as a soldier, but as a military analyst. This is just one example of significant coverage in reliable, independent  sources.  Cullen 328   Let's discuss it  03:56, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete The article quoted is barely three paragraphs and appears in an online website associated with a marginal, freely distributed local daily. Furthermore, the subject is merely providing a quote on a timely news item. This is not sufficient notability under any circumstances, and definitely does not support a military biography. You will need much more than this to meet WP notability.  Please provide significant articles where the subject is either the author or the subject of the analysis. Johndowning (talk) 14:17, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable as a military expert, as Cullen328 says.  And, as the winner of Pearson Medal of Peace, passes WP:ANYBIO; note all the bluelinks on that award page. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:01, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
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 * Delete I went into this expecting to find significant coverage of the subject per WP:BIO, but could not (Googling is complicated by the commonness of the name, but ...) You do find short quotes by the subject quite frequently, but that is not uncommon for people working at a defense thinktank and does not connote notability in and of itself. With that in mind, I examined WorldCat for his works, and found that they are thinly held, , , and had trouble finding significant in-depth reviews of his works, so he does not seem to pass WP:AUTHOR. I checked on Google Scholar, and so far as I can see, that gives an h-index of 7 or so, which is far short of the standard required by WP:PROF. The Pearson Medal appears to be an award commonly given to notable people, that does not make the award in itself notable. Ray  Talk 18:40, 13 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mediran  ( t  •  c ) 04:52, 15 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. Not notable. When one of the two main references proving notability is a Who's Who entry, that indicates the exact opposite.--SouthernNights (talk) 20:24, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Upmerge to Pearson Peacekeeping Centre. Buckshot06 (talk) 00:37, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.