Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Henry Alan Skinner


 * 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 '''Keep. Non-admin closure.  TN ‑  X   - Man  15:54, 15 October 2008 (UTC)'''

Henry Alan Skinner

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Fails notability since June 2007. Orphan as well. Magioladitis (talk) 21:05, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.   —John Z (talk) 22:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep His  book The Origin of Medical Terms seems notable and well respected, 75 gscholar cites.  According to the Booklist and Library Journal reviews at Amazon, of the book by Haubrich that I added to the refs, Haubrich's 1984, revised 2003 book is an "update"  of Skinner's, but Skinner's "is still a better source." (orig pub 1949, revised in '61 and '70)  I added some snippets of biographical data to the article.John Z (talk) 22:30, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep, per the above information. He's verifiable and at least slightly notable. -- Consumed Crustacean (talk) 22:34, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep 75 gscholar hist for a guy who worked long before the Internet age is pretty impressive. --Crusio (talk) 23:25, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Medicine-related deletion discussions.   -- VG &#x260E; 13:18, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Expand. Notability presently not asserted. We don't have articles on most anatomy professors. JFW | T@lk  14:12, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep based on the info found by John Z. Edward321 (talk) 14:38, 12 October 2008 (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.