Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Chilton


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) ミラP 01:21, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

David Chilton

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No evidence of significant coverage by reliable third party sources. Niteshift36 (talk) 12:29, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Weak keep. One book,, mentions him in passing a number of times, and calls him a promising theologian: , but that doesn't constitute significant coverage. However, contains one and a half page dedicated to him, and that is something. Add to it the few mentions in passing I see out there, and this is borderline, but might merit keeping. Not seeing any more sources, however, so this may be all we have to work with (well, I wouldn't be surprised if some of his books got some reviews in obscure academic journals, but that wouldn't count for much anyway, as notability is not inherited). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 12:45, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I struggle with the idea of a dedication in a non-notable book being significant coverage. LaHayne is notable and has written notable books. This wasn't one of them. Further, reviews of his books may make a case for the book being notable, but that doesn't always translate to the author. Niteshift36 (talk) 12:48, 13 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete I found passing mention in two blogs on Patheos and a few others but his extreme views have not garnered the subject significant, independent coverage in reliable sources. The problem is that there is a notable Canadian entrepreneur who has the same name and I had to add "pastor" to the searches to filter that out. It may have resulted in some missed entries. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:48, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:PROF #1. Google Scholar shows citations for his top three books at 119, 69, and 44. In fact, he is one of the key figures in both Christian Reconstruction and Preterism. See, for example, the coverage in Julie Ingersoll, Building God's Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstruction (Oxford University Press, 2015), pp 28-31. StAnselm (talk) 19:39, 13 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Keep passes WP:PROF as indicated above, also book reviews count as significant critical attention as per WP:NAUTHOR last criteria, imv Atlantic306 (talk) 17:04, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
 * How does he pass criteria 4 of NAUTHOR? Niteshift36 (talk) 16:00, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
 * criteria 4c "won significant critical attention" Atlantic306 (talk) 15:10, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * What significant critical attention? The single book that talked about him?Niteshift36 (talk) 14:21, 23 September 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Darkwind (talk) 23:30, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep: I have to agree with StAnselm. Notable. - Ret.Prof (talk) 13:26, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep passes WP:PROF.4meter4 (talk) 11:46, 29 September 2019 (UTC)


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