Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry-Russell Hitchcock


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The result was speedy keep. Appears to have been nominated in error. Josh Milburn (talk) 09:46, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

Henry-Russell Hitchcock

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(neelix) No sure on this one. His first name is Henry-Russell. We don't tend to do redirects from people's first names. We don't have Bert redirecting to Bertrand Russell for example. Does this make sense? Si Trew (talk) 20:52, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Alan Bennett has a lovely little anecdote he was in a cab and the driver said "you're that chap off the telly aren't you". Bennett said well yes I might be. The cab driver said "I had that Bertie Russell in the back of me cab the other day, so I asked him, well Lord Russell, what's it all about? And you know, the bugger couldn't tell me". Si Trew (talk) 20:55, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:34, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:34, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of History-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 01:34, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. What does the existence of a bad redirect have to do with anything? A bare glance at the snippets found by a Google book search for his name reveals clear notability: "the book that established Henry-Russell Hitchcock as a pre-eminent American historian of modern architecture" ... "twenty-one original essays were written to honor a scholar who has transformed the study and teaching of architectural history in the United States". Google scholar finds more titles like "Henry-Russell Hitchcock: The Architectural Historian as Critic and Connoisseur" "Lewis Mumford, Henry-Russell Hitchcock and the Bay Region Style" (not online?), "Constructing Modernism, Berenice Abbott and Henry-Russell Hitchcock: A Re-creation of the 1934 Exhibition, the Urban Vernacular of the Thirties, Forties, …", and "Curating history, exhibiting ideas: Henry-Russell Hitchcock and architectural exhibition practices at the MoMA" . Clear pass of WP:GNG. If the nominator intended to delete the redirect Henry-Russell, leaving the article itself in place, this should be withdrawn and speedily closed; it is not the right forum for that. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:50, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep, as no valid rationale for deletion is given. As DE points out above, the notability of the subject is unquestionable here. In fact, the references present in the article are already sufficient to establish such notability. If there is a bad redirect somewhere else, then that redirect needs to be either modified or deleted. That's certainly no reason at all to delete this article. Nsk92 (talk) 01:58, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Strong pass of WP:Prof. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:28, 29 May 2016 (UTC).
 * Just close it. No need to spend time on debating this. The wording indicates that intended to nominate the redirect page Henry-Russell for deletion and accidentally nominated the article. The most likely explanation: an overreliance on semi-automated editing combined with far too little sleep. --Hegvald (talk) 07:11, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.
 * Absolutely sometimes I miss and nominate the article by mistake I had no intention to do that but the redirect. Thanks for pointing out my mistake. Usually I catch it but thanks User:Hegvald for catching it for me. I have no intention to delete any article but I do miss, I usually then revert myself but just missed this one, thanks for catching it. Si Trew (talk) 20:24, 29 May 2016 (UTC)