Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chris Smith (American academic)


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The result was   keep, withdrawn. —David Eppstein (talk) 06:57, 21 September 2017 (UTC)

Chris Smith (American academic)

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Fails WP:NPROF and WP:GNG all the sources are primary sources or self published. Domdeparis (talk) 16:06, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:58, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Law-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:58, 20 September 2017 (UTC)


 * Comment The relevant guidelines would appear to be WP:AUTHOR and WP:PROF. Regarding the latter, his GS h-index of 29 appears respectable, although I am not the one to judge what is above-average performance in the legal field. In addition, I fairly quickly turned up two reviews of one of his books (Courts and the Poor, 1991), which suggests that a keep on the "multiple independent reviews" clause might be defensible. Also, he is coauthor on a textbook that has apparently gone through 15 editions, with a 16th on the way (ISBN 978-1337558907), which &mdash; even with the proliferation of editions that textbook publishers love &mdash; sounds like a decent achievement. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 23:13, 20 September 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. Thanks for digging out the GS record. citations give clear pass of WP:Prof at least. Xxanthippe (talk) 00:16, 21 September 2017 (UTC).
 * Nomination withdrawn thanks for finding that I didn't find those myself given his very common name I think. I'll make a bigger effort next time. If someone could close this for me I would be grateful as I am on my smart phone today. Domdeparis (talk) 05:09, 21 September 2017 (UTC)


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