Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Bastyr


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The result was redirect to Bastyr University.  MBisanz  talk 23:00, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

John Bastyr

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Non-notable naturopath and chiropractor. He may only be notable to his namesake university. Very few sources exist that cover him in sufficient detail, most sources are very closely associated with the subject. Delta13C (talk) 07:09, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete and redirect to Bastyr University, the sole source of any notability. Guy (Help!) 14:02, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

A university is not the sole source of notability for an individual. If it was, all the other individuals with universities named after them would also have their wiki pages deleted. Dr. Bastyr was an important historical figure in the history of medicine in Washington State. He was a licensed obstetrician as well as one of the fathers of the rebirth of naturopathic medicine. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melapatella (talk • contribs) 14:34, 30 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep. Very much disagree. Sure, his notability is mostly within the naturopathic community and regional to the Seattle/Washington state area, but there are 140K hits on Google, including obituaries in major newspapers and so on. I'm a skeptic and believe that as a naturopath he was completely deluded, but he's still notable and should be documented here. --Krelnik (talk) 14:39, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I just did a Google search for "john bastyr" AND naturopathic, and the results that looked like RSes were a Seattle Time obituary, a couple journal articles in Naturopathic Doctors News and Review, and a few books published or written by naturopathic affiliated people/organizations. I noticed that there are A LOT of results, but I think that is because Bastyr University used to be called "John Bastyr University", which do not really contain information about the man. Delta13C (talk) 16:32, 30 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 18:10, 2 October 2016 (UTC)
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 * Delete and redirect to Bastyr University - i looked and didn;t find sufficient number of independent RS to justify an article. Jytdog (talk) 07:10, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. North America1000 03:43, 5 October 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sam Walton (talk) 13:54, 8 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Redirect to Bastyr University. This is a typical BIO1E with not enough coverage to justify a standalone articles. What's with all these recent articles? (I found one about a postmaster of a hamlet). --Lemongirl942 (talk) 10:39, 19 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete & redirect to Bastyr University; a WP:MEMORIAL article at this point. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:15, 20 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete and redirect to Bastyr, per the above comments. Medicalreporter (talk) 10:11, 22 October 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.