Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred Orton


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was Speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn per the rationales below and subsequent contributions to the article. Thanks y'all, (non-admin closure) Gilded Snail (talk) 06:10, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Fred Orton

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Looking through Google, subject may fail WP:GNG. Regarding WP:NACADEMIC, Orton is listed as a professor emeritus on the Amazon pages for his books, but University of Leeds documents list him as a 'lecturer'. Discussion/further sources welcome. Thanks, Gilded Snail (talk) 07:10, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Academics and educators, Artists, Visual arts,  and United Kingdom. Gilded Snail (talk) 07:10, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep His co-authors are distinguished, and there will be plenty of reviews, probably not on google - did you try JSTOR? User:Drmies started this in 2014. Johnbod (talk) 14:29, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Thank you, . Yes, Google is not the place to search for scholars. If the nominator had tried Google Books, they'd have found tons of hits, and JSTOR, indeed, has more than enough. I added a book, a link to a journal article in which that book is discussed, another reference for his Marxism, a reference to his importance in the reception of another art critic. I can't make the article much better right now, unfortunately. BTW Johnbod, I met the man once, way back when, at a conference--truly a fascinating academic. Drmies (talk) 15:57, 7 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep. Plenty of published book reviews for WP:AUTHOR. I added the ones I could find to the article. —David Eppstein (talk) 05:53, 8 September 2022 (UTC)


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