Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Harold C. Washington


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The result was keep. Star  Mississippi  02:13, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

Harold C. Washington

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I don't think this is a WP:NPROF pass, unless someone in theology has some good arguments otherwise? Does not pass WP:NAUTHOR - the one single-authored book (Wealth and Poverty) has at least three academic reviews, so it passes WP:NBOOK, but it's just the one. The only footnote is "Discussion with Dr. Washington, November 17, 2009." asilvering (talk) 20:03, 14 May 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:54, 21 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Academics and educators, Authors,  and Christianity. asilvering (talk) 20:03, 14 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Leaning move to draft. Google Scholar returns a decent number of hits, but the most cited piece has 95 citations, which seems to be on the low end. BD2412  T 05:49, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep -- The nature of the publishers indicates that his books are fully academic works. Tag for improvement.  Peterkingiron (talk) 13:58, 15 May 2022 (UTC)
 * For an arts subject, 95 citations is a high number. Peterkingiron (talk) 11:01, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 * @Peterkingiron I'm not sure what this comment is supposed to mean. It's not in dispute that he's an academic. It's in dispute that he meets WP:NPROF. -- asilvering (talk) 15:37, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep per WP:PROF #1. In fact, 95 citations is very high for biblical studies. (I also see a 72 and a 59.) His standing in the scholarly community is best demonstrated by the fact that he is asked to write articles for major dictionaries. (See the list here.) The article certainly needs some cleanup, though. StAnselm (talk) 00:49, 27 May 2022 (UTC)


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