Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Boetsch


 * 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 Keep and rename. Espresso Addict (talk) 20:10, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Boetsch

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Notability concerns - lack of significant coverage in reliable sources. Addhoc (talk) 12:29, 14 March 2008 (UTC) 
 * Delete: For one thing, it's misnamed, as I doubt that a retired professor of romance languages goes by a single name, like Cher or Prince.  For another thing, there are no indications that there is a notability outside of the professor's own field, although I'm quite sure that anyone at such a lofty position and institution must be quite distinguished.  Utgard Loki (talk) 14:52, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —David Eppstein (talk) 17:59, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. There is almost nothing on the web under his full name, with the "Howard". But if you search for "Laurent Boetsch" you will find more. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:08, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Addhoc (talk) 18:55, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. I can't find much in the aforementioned search in the way of independent reports on him.  If he is a big name in his field, however, that is enough to pass WP:PROF:  academics don't have to be notable outside of their field in order to be notable enough for inclusion.  I don't know enough to say how notable he is within his field, though. RJC Talk Contribs 19:20, 14 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Very weak keep. President of one university should be enough for notability; president of a second after that should seal the deal. But the pages I can find that say anything about him, such as this or this or this, are so dry and unenlightening that I wonder what there is to say in an article about him. The subject of his recent studies, José Díaz Fernández, is only redlinked himself (e.g. here). I did at least dig up an entertaining conspiracy theory about why Boetsch left WLU for ECLA, but alas it's not a reliable source. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:47, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Weak keep per David Eppstein's comments. While the subject does not seem to be a particularly notable scholar, being a university president is probably enough to justify notability. I do agree with Utgard Loki that the article is misnamed. It would need to be renamed to include Boettsch's first name. Nsk92 (talk) 13:16, 20 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Hers fold  (t/a/c) 03:44, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep There is clearly enough material. And he's notable. A major academic administrator & a reasonably distinguished scholar. Carelessness of the person writing the article isnt relevant to notability. DGG (talk) 02:20, 23 March 2008 (UTC)


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