Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Leonard Roy Frank


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The result was   keep. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 06:20, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Leonard Roy Frank

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Another anti-psychiatry article disguised as a BLP. Total of 17 hits on Google news about this person since 1975. Ridernyc (talk) 07:23, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep This man is a published writer, a longtime human rights activist, and a recognized authority on the actual effects of ECT who has testified before various legislative bodies. Google news is no arbiter of notability in this case.S. M. Sullivan (talk) 08:21, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions.  -- TexasAndroid (talk) 12:16, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:02, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep - He's a prolific writer, subject of books himself, cited in numerous reliable sources and is one of the foremost members of the mental patients' movement since the 70s. Ridernyc, just because an article is opposed to psychiatry, that doesn't mean it doesn't belong in Wikipedia. --  At am a chat 16:31, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep GScholar  and GBooks   give plenty of indications of notability and reliable sources. Edward321 (talk) 00:49, 27 June 2009 (UTC)
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