Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Beck (professor)


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The result was keep. Glorious day, somebody doesn't just state that sources exist, they actually go and put them into the article. Will wonders never cease! -- RoySmith (talk) 17:43, 15 April 2016 (UTC)

Edward Beck (professor)

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Unsourced BLP, is this person notable? ViperSnake151  Talk  16:48, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment. Creator name is the same as the article. Same editor makes update edits to the article. — Maile  (talk) 20:49, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete I really hoped I could save it. However I can not see how. There might be more contribution to the field than I can find, but what I have found is not promising. I do not see him passing the Academic prong 1, which would involve making significant contributions to his field. He co-authored a text book, but I am not seeing that or his articles. His "Mental Health Counseling: A Stakeholders Manifesto" has 15 citations, which is the highest I can find on google scholar. The abstract says he is "a pioneer stakeholder in the formation of the mental health counseling movement" which I am not sure what it really means. I don't think that abstract reference is enough to establish notability. He was at one point president of the American Mental Health Counselors Association, but that if you look for it in Wikipedia is just a redirect. I do not think it would count as a "major academic society" per criteria 6 for academic notability. On the other hand his work in relation to Jewish and Israel issues might make him notable. However while I can find lots of articles, often however op-ed articles although he has been a regular contributor to the Jerusalem Post, I can not find any actual coverage of him other than a listing as past board member on the website of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, and that is a directory listing. Articles that cover opposition to the Boycott of Israel, which he is vocal in opposing, only showed up in my search for him because he made comments in the comments section, not because he had made contributions to debates on college campuses that were felt to be worth considering. So I just cannot find how he passes any notability criteria, and I do not see any coverage that indicates that he passes the General Notability Guidelines. The Catholic Priest named Edward Beck is far more notable and dominates a straight out search for that name, so I may have missed something, but my search leads me to think there is nothing to miss.John Pack Lambert (talk) 08:14, 9 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Middle East-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:42, 10 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete or (distant second choice) redirect to Scholars for Peace in the Middle East. Appears to be non-notable, the organization he founded barely moreso. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 20:56, 10 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Sources appear ot date form a decade or more ago, when he was most active. I'm going to attempt to pare this bloated article down to size, I have found sources, which I will add.E.M.Gregory (talk) 22:34, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Plenty of sourcing available for his career as academic activist, and some for his role as a clinical psychologist and academic. I deflated (some of) the bloated c.v.style article and rewrote (some parts) according to a few of the many sources I found. (tips for searching, looked under both Ed and Edward with keywords including psychologist, and name of org. he founded) Flag User:Johnpacklambert to revisit.E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:28, 11 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Israel-related deletion discussions.E.M.Gregory (talk) 23:40, 11 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep per E.M.Gregory. Arthistorian1977 (talk) 07:51, 12 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep E. M. Gregory's work has convinced me we should keep this article. I still think it needs to be trimmed a little though.John Pack Lambert (talk) 01:08, 14 April 2016 (UTC)


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