Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Peter Trowbridge


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep‎__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__. Liz Read! Talk! 06:16, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

Peter Trowbridge

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Tagged for notability since 2010. Promotionally written. Fails the general and professor-specific notability policies. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:23, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Academics and educators, United States of America,  and New York. UtherSRG (talk) 14:23, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Leaning towards Keep. It may be worth doing a bit more reading about the subject's professional practice, academic standing, and publications. Landscape architecture (in the US, at least) was somewhat the poor-cousin of the field during much of the period the subject was in his prime. There might be more there than is readily apparent. Can we slow-walk this AfD and give me some time to follow-up? Also, would it be possible to add the "Deletion sorting" discussion link to Wikiproject Architecture? (If I knew how this was done, I'd happily do it myself.) Cheers, Cl3phact0 (talk) 05:26, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Keep -- Cornell emeritus professor acknowledged by their departmental history as having been significant in the expansion and acclaim of the department. Details of invited speaker talks at other departments give additional notability. -- Michael Scott Asato Cuthbert (talk) 21:32, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment. Far from my area but the co-authored book has 209 citations in GS, and so is likely to have reviews which might help flesh this article out. My experience writing about architects is that it's next to impossible to get free online sources for living ones, and the topic is extremely poorly covered in the Wikipedia Library. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:02, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * I note that the (much missed) DGG declined a prod with the summary "very highly notable--chair of department at Cornell!". Espresso Addict (talk) 04:07, 13 October 2023 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CycloneYoris talk! 05:22, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Architecture-related deletion discussions. Espresso Addict (talk) 04:02, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - The article is not notable, or not "famous" either. Although sources have been provided. Geko72290 (talk) 21:55, 17 October 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep: being a head of department in Cornell is probably equivalent to a named professorship in many institutions, which would satisfy WP:NPROF, and if he was a proper editor rather than just on the editorial board of Journal of landscape and urban planning, that would also be sufficient (I couldn't find out; journals never seem to list former editors). Overall, he certainly fulfils the spirit of NPROF as being influential and highly-regarded by his peers (as evidenced by his professional committee activities). Elemimele (talk) 08:57, 18 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep the sourcing remains poor but I agree that head of department at Cornell is roughly equivalent to a name professorship so he meets WP:NPROF. Eluchil404 (talk) 00:37, 25 October 2023 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.