Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Melba Boyd


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 Talk 03:35, 10 May 2015 (UTC)

Melba Boyd

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Poorly referenced BLP. I dream of horses (T) @ 21:48, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
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 * comment This academic with a long publishing history may simple need sourcing.E.M.Gregory (talk) 00:30, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is the wrong subject to be looking at Google scholar citation counts, but as Distinguished University Professor she passes WP:PROF. —David Eppstein (talk) 03:29, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * User:I dream of horses can close as withdraw or someone else can close as Speedy Keep because as User:David Eppstein pointed out, a University Professor is an automatic keep. Of course, User:I dream of horses is perfectly correct to state that it remains a "Poorly referenced BLP."  Just, it's about a person Wikipedia defines as notable.E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:26, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I'm a pretty staunch deletionist when it comes to poorly referenced BLPs--you either reference or delete them, since it's risky, IMO, to keep them around otherwise. I dream of horses (T) @ 01:23, 5 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I hear you. You certainly don't have to close it, it was just a suggestion in the interest of efficiency; there are so many AFDs, it seems a pity to have further editors spending precious time on this discussion. Certainly, neither David Eppstein is no more required to source the article than I am. Given her stature, and WP:PROF, this AFD will ultimately be closed as Keep. I do wonder, however, whether greeting a new editor who puts up a bare-bones page with an AFD notice is the best way to bring new editors on board. E.M.Gregory (talk) 12:12, 5 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Snow Keep. I added a source from the "Encyclopedia of African-American Literature". David's analysis is correct, of course, and this article will necessarily be kept because it conspicuously satisfies WP:PROF. Would be a nice gesture for nom to withdraw it to save the time of other overworked editors. Thanks, Agricola44 (talk) 17:37, 5 May 2015 (UTC).
 * Keep. I wasn't sure if Wayne State met the excellence and selectivity criterion for C5, but she definitely meets WP:GNG, having been the subject of entries in reference books on poetry/African American literature. Her work has also been reviewed in independent publications and we've added at least one of those to the article. EricEnfermero (Talk) 12:36, 6 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:PROF. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:59, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
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