Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John C. Rankin


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The result was Delete. Carlossuarez46 02:40, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

John C. Rankin

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The creator of this article User:Jeremy.rankin is almost certainly the son of John C. Rankin, the subject article. Jeremy.rankin states on his user page that he was born August 3, 1985 and the bio page for John C. Rankin on the Theological Education Institute website states: "He and his wife Nancy were married in 1977 and have three sons (1978, 1981 and 1985) and one daughter (1990)." We definitely have a case of WP:COI. More importantly, there is no notability asserted for Mr. John C. Rankin. According to my google search, notability cannot be established. This meets CSD A7, as it is an article about a person, group, company, or web content that does not assert the importance of the subject, however my speedy was contested, so I am bringing this here. John C. Rankin seems like a nice man that i would like to meet, but he's just not notable enough to be in an encyclopedia. OfficeGirl 00:01, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions.   -- John Vandenberg 00:22, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as no evidence of notability. Anarchia 01:11, 6 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete unable to establish notability. Maralia 03:20, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. RS1900 04:42, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete in light of COI issues, notability should be scrutinized and this person lacks any Corpx 04:57, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity, non-notable bio. Keb25 22:52, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - Doesn't assert notability and creator is almost certainly related to the subject. Spawn Man 10:36, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.--Yeshivish 16:52, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * comment I was able to find one letter from him in a very respected bioethics journal: "The Fetal Tissue Debate on Complicity" John C. Rankin, Monte Harris Liebman, John A. Robertson The Hastings Center Report, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Mar. - Apr., 1990), pp. 50-51  . There is also the sketch at  -- a report on his participation in a well known theological debate series. But there does not yet seem enough for notability. I hope there will be, as  most of the material he has posted at his site is very rational. DGG (talk) 00:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. No notability established. Dean Wormer 04:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NN--AmerHisBuff 09:24, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per OfficeGirl --Truest blue 17:53, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


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