Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roland Edgar Cooper


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Spirit of Eagle (talk) 06:07, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Roland Edgar Cooper

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References lack independence from subject, does not appear to qualify as a notable person. KDS 4444 Talk  17:23, 5 November 2015 (UTC)


 * Keep He has described several plant species and has an author abbreviation. There seems to a general consensus at WikiProject Plants that possessing an author abbreviation is a mark of notability to an extent. The issue most recently came up in Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Plants. I'm not necessarily opposed to trying to tighten up that standard, and set a higher bar for botanist notability. However, I think Cooper can pass a higher bar. Plantdrew (talk) 03:59, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep per Plantdrew. His life is quite well documented by the various Royal societies. —Мандичка YO 😜 10:00, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
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 * Keep: "References lack independence from subject" seems to be simply untrue, unless you demand that the references are not actually about plants or the Royal Society. (The Daily Mail??) Given his achievements, deletion would be quite strange I think. Imaginatorium (talk) 18:49, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep: I added a handful of cite books and there's more if needed. Meets WP:BASIC and WP:ANYBIO #2. Sam Sailor Talk! 19:25, 12 November 2015 (UTC)


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