Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Harris (public servant)


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The result was   keep. v/r - TP 03:27, 14 November 2013 (UTC)

Paul Harris (public servant)

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Not notable. Lacks coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. One of a glut of articles on seemingly non notable St Peter's College old boys. Wikipedia is not a webhost for a collection bios of a schools former students. duffbeerforme (talk) 09:22, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of New Zealand-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:04, 7 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000(talk) 01:04, 7 November 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. As an academic, his citation numbers are only in the low double digits, not enough to convince me of a pass of WP:PROF. But I just added several newspaper sources for his work at the electoral commission and in several international capacities since then. Although none of these have much in the way of detail about Harris (hence the weakness of my keep !vote), I think these roles may have a high enough profile to make the article worth saving. —David Eppstein (talk) 02:17, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep played important role in development of NZ's MMP electoral system.Rick570 (talk) 02:52, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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