Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Preston King (academic)


 * 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. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 05:51, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Preston King (academic)

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Non-notable person, only notable subjects is his father and his children. Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 05:13, 14 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Professor King is a noted political theorist, who has held various professorships around the world. He's in the Georgia Encyclopedia . He's in Debrett's .  He's in Gale Contemporary Black Biography .  He's in this Encyclopedia (whatever it's called) .  The 2000 pardon received a lot of national level press coverage in the USA;   .  The notable relatives add to the already established notability.  There is an important story to tell about his exile as well.  Thanks. Barney the barney barney (talk) 19:06, 14 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 14:56, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Georgia (U.S. state)-related deletion discussions. &#9733;&#9734;  DUCK IS PEANUTBUTTER &#9734;&#9733; 14:56, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * The nominator has basically admitted that he nominated this incorrectly and wants to close this silly deletion attempt Barney the barney barney (talk) 17:42, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * That is an incorrect reading. What he actually said is that he is unwilling to withdraw the nomination until the subject's notability has been justified, by adding appropriate information to the article. —David Eppstein (talk) 18:45, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Really? He's admitted the subject is notable (as evidenced by the links given in the article) and that he should withdraw the nomination.  Seems pretty clear cut to me. Barney the barney barney (talk) 18:50, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Okay now you're just being immature. I told you there was potential for the article to assert why he's notable if you just fix it up, but instead I guess you just want to put words in my mouth instead of actually doing anything about it. So I'll reiterate myself, fix the article and assert his notability or it may be deleted! Grammarxxx (What'd I do this time?) 22:28, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep. I think there are enough in-depth sources on him to pass WP:GNG. I did some cleanups to the article, enough I think to demonstrate notability — it still needs a lot more, and Barney Barney Barney's stubbornness in insisting that it's ok as it is isn't helpful, but AfD isn't for cleanup. —David Eppstein (talk) 00:50, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - multiple reliable sources discuss this man, including his having an entry in the New Georgia Encyclopedia. This is a silly discussion. Lady  of  Shalott  01:23, 16 January 2013 (UTC)
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