Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Crowther


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The result was delete.  So Why  07:20, 13 July 2017 (UTC)

David Crowther

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promo piece written by a WP:SPA that contained numerous references to vanity press who's who such as American Biographical Institute. Fails WP:GNG and WP:ACADEMIC and WP:AUTHOR and WP:ANYBIO Domdeparis (talk) 13:49, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment He seems a prolific and successful academic, a professor at an English university (which is a more prestigious position than in the US) who might meet WP:ACADEMIC. But are there sources out there? I could find very little. Article is very puffy and full of trivia (I'm afraid I deleted some of the more egregious unreferenced crap about his beer-drinking habits and leisure activities). Tending delete, but in searches there's so much by him, it might just be hiding sources about him. --Colapeninsula (talk) 17:10, 28 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:00, 29 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 13:00, 29 June 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep GS shows at least six publications cited between 97 and 366 times each. (It gets a little harder after that because there are other D. Crowthers.) I took out more non-neutral stuff. EricEnfermero (Talk) 01:33, 1 July 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 01:57, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete I've found and added a journal article by Crowther from 1994, however I can't find any evidence of his notability, particularly as an WP:ACADEMIC. Cjhard (talk) 02:35, 5 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete in a highly cited field such as the one he is in, his level of citation is not enough on its own to pass criteria one of academic notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 03:02, 7 July 2017 (UTC)


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