Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Robert Samuel Decosta Higgins


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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) –&#8239;Joe (talk) 10:55, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Robert Samuel Decosta Higgins

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BLP with unreferenced assertion that he is notable as the first African American Director of the Department of Surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Rathfelder (talk) 23:20, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
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 * Keep. According to this source he's the William Stewart Halsted Professor at Johns Hopkins, so he passes WP:PROF. He also has highly cited publications in Google scholar, enough for #C1. The article does say he is the first African-American director, but (contrary to what the nomination says) does not claim that he is notable for that. —David Eppstein (talk) 19:04, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep Per David Eppstein. Galobtter (talk) 11:53, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. A clear pass of WP:PROF based on the named professorship and highly cited papers. –&#8239;Joe (talk) 15:02, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep as named chair and per recent article improvements; an acceptable stub at this point. K.e.coffman (talk) 06:49, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Happy to keep now there is an independent source. BLP policies apply to notable professor, just as to other people. Rathfelder (talk) 08:20, 9 November 2017 (UTC)


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