Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donald B. Cole


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The result was keep. John254 01:26, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

Donald B. Cole

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Contested speedy A7. This fellow meets the low criteria of "assertion of notabiliy" (he wrote a scholarly book, it seems) but not the higher notability criteria of WP:PROF. Delete. Shalom Hello 22:08, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Searching by his two books they seem to have been reviewed by a lot  of historical journals. They were used as source material for the Grolier Enc.  and Syracuse University Press NY State encyclopedia .  Possibly also for Van Buren Article on E.Britannica it's on the further reading list for the article, not sure if that means it was a ref used.


 * Google News . Not all hits are him, but still seems widely reviewed, and quoted. I'm not sure how much bio info is available about the subject, but work seems sufficient to pass WP:N, not that you can tell from the article. Horrorshowj 00:08, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep Seems to have published notable books about two US Presidents.--JForget 00:21, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. His books have received scholarly attention, passes WP:BIO. Article needs improvement ... --Dhartung | Talk 01:53, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep From Worldcat, he has actually written 5, all published by university presses, (including one each from Harvard University Press and Princeton University Press), all 5 of them held by hundreds of US libraries. Clearly there's something more to the biography. DGG (talk) 01:56, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - looks like he is notable, on the low side, but definitely could be sourced more. --Haemo 04:41, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions.   —David Eppstein 17:00, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. From a slightly different news search to Horrorshow's it looks like his 1989 book was reviewed both by the Washington Post and the New York Times. I think this is a pass for WP:PROF #3, "a significant and well-known academic work." —David Eppstein 17:20, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per above as notable and verifiable. Needs more content and cites. Bearian 15:27, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
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