Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/JOSEPH A. MCPHILLIPS III


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The result was   keep.  MBisanz  talk 00:18, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

JOSEPH A. MCPHILLIPS III

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Not notable. Kittybrewster  &#9742;  18:45, 20 March 2009 (UTC) 
 * Delete - seems likely to be an obituary copied from a local newspaper, although no Google hits other than this page come up. In any event, no sources are cited. CopaceticThought (talk) 19:47, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as apparent copyvio. As previous editor notes, this appears to be an out-of-date copy of a newspaper obit. No prejudice to writing a real article on potentially notable subject. If not removed as copyvio, then keep as apparently notable enough. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 21:17, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —John Z (talk) 04:26, 21 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep and rewrite As headmaster of an important international school, notable. We can not delete as copyvio until we find the material it has been copied from. Edit into an acceptable Wikipedia style; this can be done without nominating for deletion. DGG (talk) 00:22, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep. Being written in the style of an obituary is not evidence of copyright violation, only of the writing style of the author, and, if User:Seangullette is Sean Gullette (which would seem very likely as he, as was this article subject, is an American living in Tangier involved in theatre), then he has worked as a journalist, so this style may come naturally to him. As for notability, that would appear to be shown by these Google Books and Google News search results. Phil Bridger (talk) 15:54, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:05, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep There's enough on him out there and in the article to keep, and he was the longtime head of notable schools, so fits under both WP:BIO and WP:PROF. Probably not a copyvio after all, which was the only real reason for deletion.John Z (talk) 04:02, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per DGG and Phil. --  FayssalF   - Wiki me up® 03:20, 27 March 2009 (UTC)


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