Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter John Mayo


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The result was keep. Appears that there is a reasonable consensus that he meets WP:NPROF C1 or C8 (or both). &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 21:41, 19 July 2021 (UTC)

Peter John Mayo

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While certainly accomplished, there is not enough in-depth coverage for him to pass WP:GNG, and he does not appear to meet any of the criteria for WP:NSCHOLAR.  Onel 5969  TT me 21:13, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep. Professor Mayo wrote one of the most cited articles about Byelorussian language: Mayo, Peter J. "The alphabet and orthography of Byelorussian in the 20th century." The Journal of Byelorussian Studies 4.1 (1977): 28-48. The University of Sheffield prize for Russian was renamed after him. The article doesn't mention his research work about the Ukrainian language. Dr.KBAHT (talk) 22:20, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. I think that the editorship of the Journal of Belarusian Studies passes WP:NPROF C8.  Verification that he held it at least briefly is here .  Weak because the journal went on hiatus for 25 years, apparently immediately after the subject's editorship, which might suggest that it is debatable whether the journal is/was "well-established."  Google Scholar may not cover very well the period in which Mayo was mainly active, and his common name makes it harder to search.  The article is not in great shape, but doesn't strike me as overly promotional, and as usual WP:DINC. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 06:26, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. Appears to pass WP:NACADEMIC #1 and #8. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:22, 14 July 2021 (UTC)
 * weak Keep. passes WP:NACADEMIC #8 but probably not #1. --hroest 18:24, 14 July 2021 (UTC)


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