Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alexander Clackson


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   delete. j⚛e deckertalk 15:43, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Alexander Clackson

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no evidence of notability ; no independent references  DGG ( talk ) 04:58, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:54, 4 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete. WP:GNG or WP:AUTHOR look like the most appropriate notability criteria for this one but in either case we need independent and reliable in-depth sources about the subject or his works, and we only have sources by him (or non-independent sources such as author bios). Incidentally, the article creator has been blocked for having a bad user name but another single-purpose account,  has started editing the article and removed the AfD notice from it. I restored the notice and warned the user not to do that. The same user added a "keep" comment to the talk page of this AfD, but without a rationale. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:22, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment. Now a third spa,, has removed the notice again. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:48, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 10:36, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, j⚛e deckertalk 18:52, 21 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete Nothing to show notability as an academic (one source lists him as a grad student). Lacks the significant independent coverage needed to meet the GNG. 131.118.229.17 (talk) 21:27, 21 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep As an academic no, but would keep due to notability as political analyst and commentator. Appearing on Channel One Russia (which is the biggest channel in the country) on the news at 9 pm is a pretty big deal. Also he debated on political TV shows with ambassadors and well-known journalists. And his articles have been published on two-think tanks. I would say that is significant enough to keep. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SuperHybrid (talk • contribs) 19:05, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
 * people who have done no actual work of significance but have nonetheless appeared om interviews on the internet and other programs and quoted for their opinion, ard not notable,any more than their eqwuivelent would have been in a previous generation when  they were writing letters to the editors.  It not the fact that they have published work that patterns, but that other people have published works about them. DGG ( talk ) 06:19, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
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