Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Benjamin G. Davis


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The result was  Delete The consensus is that the article is lacking in independent sources establishing notability. Mandsford 01:12, 1 October 2010 (UTC)

Benjamin G. Davis

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Sourcing for this article all trace back to articles written by the subject. As written, article does not assert notability. The mere fact that the subject has commented on one aspect of public policy does not make for a biography. Delete Bonewah (talk) 21:50, 23 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment - A hard surname to search. My sense is that notability here is not in the academic realm but rather as a leading public intellectual on questions of military legality and the use of torture. He seems to have cut a high enough profile to merit characterization as a "public figure." Sourcing is currently lacking, however. I will flag for rescue. —Carrite, Sept. 24, 2010.
 * - Delete - Primary cites - promotional article. Off2riorob (talk) 18:00, 24 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment This article seems to have really left out a lot of information about him. Carrite is right in that there are a lot of other people with the same name, even one with the same middle name. Anyhow, this guy seems fairly notable to me according to the information in these sources:  . They're not exactly independent sources, but what they describe sounds quite notable, such as his service as the director of the Institute of World Business Law of the International Chamber of Commerce and as a member of the Group of Experts on Online Dispute Resolution for United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Moreover, he's a Fellow of the National Center for Technology and Dispute Resolution, which means he may meet criteria #3 of WP:Academic, which if so would make him automatically notable depending on how selective that society is.
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:07, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:07, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - Law professor and anti-torture activist regarded as a leading expert on the subject of the legality of torture. Frequently published on the subject, see for example LINK. Leading figure in the American Society of International Law and its effort to end mistreatment of American detainees, details in HIS AFFIDAVIT. —Carrite, Sept. 26, 2010.
 * Comment Those links you provided are no different from what we find in the article itself, links to articles that the subject himself has written. What we really need to see here is articles from third party reliable sources about the subject.  Bonewah (talk) 03:24, 27 September 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. I admire his work, but I spent 20 minutes searching and couldn't find any independent coverage about this subject. I even checked the Proquest database for offline sources ( searches millions of articles ) and found nothing about him. Nor do I see that he meets WP:AUTHOR or WP:ACADEMIC. – OhioStandard  (talk) 10:23, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails to meet significant coverage requirement of WP:BIO and apparently does not meet that WP:ACADEMIC sub-standard as well.-- brew crewer  (yada, yada) 14:59, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep Google news search for his name and the "Iraq" show three news sources that refer to him as a legal expert, and report on his opinion that the war is illegal.  D r e a m Focus  02:38, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Im not sure I would call any of those sources reliable, still, its better than stuff he wrote. Bonewah (talk) 03:11, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom, Ohiostandard and Brewcrewer. IQinn (talk) 14:22, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as per foregoing. Reeks of self-promo. -- P 1 9 9 • TALK 17:55, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
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