Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lowell Livezey


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The result was delete. czar 05:25, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Lowell Livezey

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Academic who does not seem to meet WP:NPROF - very few publications or citations. (He did hold a named chair, but not at a major institution.) Pi.1415926535 (talk) 08:21, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment: Sections of this article appear to have been taken verbatim and unacknowledged from a paid obituary in the NY Times. asnac (talk) 09:11, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment I don't think the Luce Lecturer position counts as the kind of named professorship that WP:PROF asks for. It's a short-term visiting lecturer job, not a position held for years or decades. XOR&#39;easter (talk) 21:19, 10 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Notability not found yet. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:52, 10 May 2020 (UTC).
 * Weak keep as Worldcat shows 500 plus library holdings so he may be notable as an author but there are big copyright concerns. Earwig tool shows an 85% match with a news website piece that was posted some hours after this was started in December 2007, and it has been suggested it originated from a NYT paid obituary, imv Atlantic306 (talk)
 * Have just checked the NYT piece and the copying is mainly quotes so thats not so bad Atlantic306 (talk) 23:09, 16 May 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 00:53, 19 May 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 78.26  (spin me / revolutions) 15:07, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not seem to meet WP:NPROF, nor does there actually seem to be much independent coverage to demonstrate notability otherwise. Even putting aside copyright concerns, the source mentioned in the discussion is a paid obituary and hence pretty lousy even for WP:V - this is article has basically no actual reliable-source coverage. ~  mazca  talk 15:24, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete I don't believe any of the criteria at WP:NPROF are met and my search did not turn up the significant independent coverage that I believe is required to meet WP:GNG. Papaursa (talk) 02:18, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. One reasonably well cited edited volume (Public Religion and Urban Transformation: Faith in the City) is not enough for WP:PROF or WP:AUTHOR, the sourcing is far below the standard for WP:GNG, and there seems to be nothing else. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:26, 30 May 2020 (UTC)


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